Sophocles, and Euripides, the three Tragic poets unequall'd yet by any, and the best rule to all who endeavour to write Tragedy. The circumscription of time wherein the whole Drama begins and ends, is according to antient rule, and best example, within... Samson Agonistes - Страница 5написао/ла John Milton - 1890Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
| 1909 - 502 страница
...who are not unacquainted with ^schylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the three tragic poets unequalled yet by any, and the best rule to all who endeavour...the whole drama begins and ends, is, according to ancient rule and best example, within the space of twenty-four hours. SAMSON AGONISTES 1667-1671 THE... | |
| John Pentland Mahaffy - 1909 - 292 страница
...by appealing to ^Eschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, "the three tragic poets," he says, "unequalled yet by any, and the best rule to all who endeavour to write tragedy." You wonder when you consider that he had Shakespeare before him, whom he mentions elsewhere with admiration.... | |
| John Pentland Mahaffy - 1909 - 302 страница
...by appealing to ^Eschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, "the three tragic poets," he says, "unequalled yet by any, and the best rule to all who endeavour to write tragedy." You wonder when you consider that he had Shakespeare before him, whom he mentions elsewhere with admiration.... | |
| John Milton - 1909 - 500 страница
...unequalled yet by any, and tinbest rule to all who endeavour to write Tragedy. The eiirum scription of time, wherein the whole drama begins and ends, is, according to ancient rule and best example, within the space of twenty-four hours. J SAMSON AGONISTES 1667-1671... | |
| Joel Elias Spingarn - 1899 - 374 страница
...observeth, From no needful rule he swerveth." Milton observes the unity of time in the Samson Agonistes: " The circumscription of time, wherein the whole drama begins and ends is, according to ancient rule and best example, within the space of twenty-four hours." With the introduction of the... | |
| John Milton - 1912 - 586 страница
...write Tragedy. The circumscription of tim wherein the whole Drama begins and ends, is according to an rule, and best example, within the space of 24 hours. The ARGUMENT. amson made Captive, Blind, and nmv in the Prison at Gaza, there vbour as in a common work-house, on... | |
| John Milton - 1917 - 700 страница
...who are not unacquainted with .-Eschyius, Sophocles, and Euripides, the three tragic poets unequalled yet by any, and the best rule to all who endeavour...Tragedy. The circumscription of time, wherein the whole It suffices if the whole drama be found not produced beyond the fifth act. Of the style and uniformity,... | |
| John Milton - 1917 - 224 страница
...Samson Agonistes, he pronounces Aeschylos, Sophokles, and Euripides, 'the three tragic poets unequalled by any, and the best rule to all who endeavour to write tragedy.' See the famous passage in the Fourth Book of Paradise Regained, where he describes Athens with an accurate... | |
| Barrett Harper Clark - 1918 - 528 страница
...Sophocles, and Euripides, the three tragic poets unequaled yet by any, and the best rule to all who endeavor to write tragedy. The circumscription of time, wherein the whole drama begins and ends is, according to the ancient rule and best example, within the space of twenty-four hours. THOMAS RYMER Thomas Rymer... | |
| Barrett Harper Clark - 1918 - 544 страница
...Sophocles, and Euripides, the three tragic poets unequaled yet by any, and the best rule to all who endeavor to write tragedy. The circumscription of time, wherein the whole drama begins and ends is, according to the ancient rule and best example, within the space of twenty-four hours. THOMAS RYMER Thomas Rymer... | |
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