A Course of Lectures on Dramatic Art and LiteratureBell & Daldy, 1871 - 535 pages |
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... perfection , a style of architecture , which has been called Gothic , but ought really to have been termed old German . When , on the general revival of classical antiquity , the imitation of Grecian architecture became prevalent , and ...
... perfection , a style of architecture , which has been called Gothic , but ought really to have been termed old German . When , on the general revival of classical antiquity , the imitation of Grecian architecture became prevalent , and ...
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... perfection ; but the modern can only do justice to its endea- vours after what is infinite by approximation ; and , from a certain appearance of imperfection , is in greater danger of not being duly appreciated . It would lead us too ...
... perfection ; but the modern can only do justice to its endea- vours after what is infinite by approximation ; and , from a certain appearance of imperfection , is in greater danger of not being duly appreciated . It would lead us too ...
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... perfection by Shakspeare in the former country , and in the latter by Lope de Vega . The German stage is the last of all , and has been influenced in the greatest variety of ways by all those which preceded it . It will be most ...
... perfection by Shakspeare in the former country , and in the latter by Lope de Vega . The German stage is the last of all , and has been influenced in the greatest variety of ways by all those which preceded it . It will be most ...
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... perfection in essentials was sacri- ficed to the accessories of embellishment . Even among the Greeks dramatic talent was far from universal . The theatre was invented in Athens , and in Athens alone was it brought to perfection . The ...
... perfection in essentials was sacri- ficed to the accessories of embellishment . Even among the Greeks dramatic talent was far from universal . The theatre was invented in Athens , and in Athens alone was it brought to perfection . The ...
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... perfection of the histrionic art , and complain of the insufficiency of the existing means for its realization . But in general the answer to this question is by no means so difficult . The object proposed is to produce an impression on ...
... perfection of the histrionic art , and complain of the insufficiency of the existing means for its realization . But in general the answer to this question is by no means so difficult . The object proposed is to produce an impression on ...
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