 | William Shakespeare - 1898 - 462 pages
...false. It is false, that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment,...passing the first hour at Alexandria, and the next at Kome, supposes that when the play opens the spectator really imagines himself at Alexandria, and believes... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1898 - 462 pages
...false. It is false, that any representation is mistaken for reality; that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment, was ever credited. 1 The objection arising from the impossibility of passing the first hour at Alexandria, and the next... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - 1899 - 728 pages
...false. It is false, that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatick fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment,...himself at Alexandria, and believes that his walk to me theatre has been a voyage to Egypt, and that he lives in the days of Antony and Cleopatra. Surely... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1902 - 864 pages
...false. It is false that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatick fable in its the certainty, evidence, and extent of it. Thirdly,...nature and grounds of faith or opinion ; whereby I mean reall}' imagines himself at Alexandria, and believes that hi* walk to the theatre has been a voyage... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - Digital images - 1905 - 426 pages
...false. It is false that any representation is mistaken for 5 reality, that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible or for a single moment...play opens, the spectator really imagines himself 10 at Alexandria, and believes that his walk to the theatre has been a voyage to Egypt and that he... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - English literature - 1906 - 844 pages
...false. It is false that any representation 105 is mistaken for reality, that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment,...was ever credited. The objection arising from the im- no possibility of passing the first hour at Alexandria, and the next at Rome, supposes that, when... | |
 | Stendhal - Romanticism - 1907 - 254 pages
...reality; that any dramatic fable, in its materiality, was ever credible, or, for a singIe moment, was credited. The objection arising from the impossibility of passing the first hour at Alexandriu, and the next at Rome, supposes that, when the play opens, the spectator really imagines... | |
 | René Louis Huchon - Women authors - 1907 - 330 pages
...Cleopatra^ for instance, does the spectator really "imagine himself at Alexandria"? does he believe "that his walk to the theatre has been a voyage to Egypt"? If a London stage stands for Alexandria, why should it not stand for Rome also? "Delusion, if delusion... | |
 | Doris Gunnell - Comparative literature - 1909 - 346 pages
...false. It is false that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatic fable in ils materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment,...the first hour at Alexandria and the next at Rome, supscenico et qui, il n'ya qu'un instant, était la place SaintMarc à Venise, ne peut pas être, cinq... | |
 | Charles F. Johnson - 1909 - 412 pages
...'the unities were essential to a tragedy. Dr. Johnson writes : — The objection [to change of scene] arising from the impossibility of passing the first...supposes, that when the play opens, the spectator really believes himself at Alexandria, and believes that his walk to the theatre has been a voyage to Egypt,... | |
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The objection arising from the impossibility of passing the first hour at Alexandria, and the next at Rome, supposes that when the play opens, the spectator really imagines himself at Alexandria, and believes that his walk to the theatre has been a voyage... 
