A defence of the stage, or An inquiry into the real qualities of theatrical entertainments, their scope and tendency. Being a reply to a sermon ... by the rev. dr. John B. Bennett |
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... composition that human art had then arrived at , and consequently the most worthy to be the entertainment of a wise and warlike nation . " * Here , as on almost every other subject , are divided opinions ; but if we examine the evidence ...
... composition that human art had then arrived at , and consequently the most worthy to be the entertainment of a wise and warlike nation . " * Here , as on almost every other subject , are divided opinions ; but if we examine the evidence ...
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... principally frequented by " the vicious and depraved . " We learn from history that the Theatre flourished most in Greece , when Eschylus , Sopho- * Psalm cxix . v . 157 . cles , and Euripides formed the models of dramatic composition 54.
... principally frequented by " the vicious and depraved . " We learn from history that the Theatre flourished most in Greece , when Eschylus , Sopho- * Psalm cxix . v . 157 . cles , and Euripides formed the models of dramatic composition 54.
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John William Cole. cles , and Euripides formed the models of dramatic composition , during the brightest period of Athe- nian glory ; in Rome , immediately preceding and during the reign of Augustus , when the ancient world was supposed ...
John William Cole. cles , and Euripides formed the models of dramatic composition , during the brightest period of Athe- nian glory ; in Rome , immediately preceding and during the reign of Augustus , when the ancient world was supposed ...
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... compositions of Sophron the actor , that his Moral Sentences were found under the pillow of the philosopher when he died . The wise Solon , though he expressed indig- nation at some parts of the tragedies of Thespis , and was startled ...
... compositions of Sophron the actor , that his Moral Sentences were found under the pillow of the philosopher when he died . The wise Solon , though he expressed indig- nation at some parts of the tragedies of Thespis , and was startled ...
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... composition of Seneca ; other authorities attribute to him " The Troas " and " Hippolytus , " and suppose the " Aga- memnon , " " Hercules Furens , " " Thyestes , " and " Hercules in Eta , " to have been written by his father , Seneca ...
... composition of Seneca ; other authorities attribute to him " The Troas " and " Hippolytus , " and suppose the " Aga- memnon , " " Hercules Furens , " " Thyestes , " and " Hercules in Eta , " to have been written by his father , Seneca ...
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