 | Arthur Maynwaring - 1715 - 412 דפים
...ought to be a juft and lively Image of humane Nature, representing its Pajflons and Humours, end tbe Changes of Fortune, to which it is Subject, for the Delight and Inftruction of Mankind. 7. Horace'* Art of Poetry, I believe, reftores to at the ^d B o/Arift. 5- concerning... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 דפים
...private thoughts, when he was to make a judgment of what others writ : that he conceived a play ought to be, A just and lively image of human nature, representing...subject, for the delight and instruction of mankind. order to the watermen to turn their barge, and row softly, that they might take the cool of the evening... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 דפים
...judgment of what others writ: that he eonceived a play ought to be, A just and Kvelj image of hitman nature, representing its passions and humours, and the changes of fortune to which it i$ subject; for the delight and instruction of mankind. This definition, though Critcs raised a logical... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 דפים
...private thoughts, when he was to make a judgment of what others writ : that he Conceived a play ought to be, A just and lively image of human nature, representing its passions and honours, and the changes of fortune to which it is fubjeci ; for the delight and instruction of mankind^... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 דפים
...relation of a dialogue, supposed to have taken place between Eugenius, Crites, Lisideius, and "Neander, who, on occasion of the engagement between the English...feigned name of Eugenius', as we shall presently find, wai Charles, earl of Dorset. Crites and Lisideius, perhaps, were meant t6 re[5resent Wentworth, earl... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 432 דפים
...private thoughts, when he was to make a judgment of what others writ : that he conceived a play ought to be, " A just and lively image of human nature,...subject, for the delight and instruction of mankind." This definition (though Crites raised a logical objection against it — that it was only a genere... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 דפים
...of dramatic poesy, in its definition," * s A just and lively image of human nature, representing iti passions and humours, and the changes of fortune to...subject, for the delight and instruction of mankind.' P. 303, which was to cause delight, was of consequence destroyed. ' In their comedies, the Romans generally... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 432 דפים
...private thoughts, when he was to make a judgment of what others writ: that he conceived a play ought to be, " A just and lively image of human nature,...subject, for the delight and instruction of mankind." This definition (though Crites raised a logical objection against it—that it was only dgenere etjine,... | |
 | 1821 - 436 דפים
...writer has justly remarked that a play ought to be a correct image of human nature, representing its humours and the changes of fortune to which it is...subject, for the delight and instruction of mankind. In short, the stage should be a mirror, shewing the passions and manners of the age as they exist.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 דפים
...or better, mount the throne. Id. A ploy ought to be a just image of human nature, representing its humours and the changes of fortune to which it is...subject, for the delight and instruction of mankind. Id. The senseless plea of right by providence Can last no longer than the present sway ; But justifies... | |
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A just and lively image of human nature, representing its passions and humours, and the changes of fortune to which it is subject, for the delight and instruction of mankind. 
