...we are neither in Rome nor Pontus; that neither Mithridates nor Lucullits are before us. The drama exhibits successive imitations of successive actions;...lapse of years is as easily conceived as a passage. pf hours. In contemplation we easily contract the time of real actions, and therefore willingly permit...

...we are neither in Rome nor Pontus ; that neither Mithridates nor Lucullus are before us. The drama exhibits successive imitations of successive actions,...that nothing but time can be supposed to intervene 1 Time is, of all modes of existence, most obsequious to the imagination ; a lapse of years is as easily...

...are before us. The drama^ exhibits successive imitations of successive actions; and why_maj not Jbhe second imitation represent an action that happened years after the first, if Jt be so connected with it, that nothing but time can be supposed to intervene? Time is, of all modesj...

...modern theatre ? — the time required by the fable elapses for the most part between the acts — and time is, of all modes of existence, most obsequious...years is as easily conceived as a passage of hours — the unities of time and place are not essential to a just drama, and tho' they may sometimes conduce...

...of so much of the action ПА is represented, the real and poetical duration is the same. The drama exhibits successive imitations of successive actions...imagination ; a lapse of years is as easily conceived as a lapse of hours.' — Pref. to Shakspeare. We may here remark, that although the French dramatic writers...

...duration is the same. The drama exhibits successive imitations of successive actions ; and why muy not the second imitation represent an action that...imagination; a lapse of years is as easily conceived as a lapse of hours.' — Pref. to Shakspeare. We may here remark, that although the French dramatic writers...

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...are neither in Rome nor Poutus, — that neither Mithridates nor Lucullus are before us. The drama exhibits successive imitations of successive actions,...but time can be supposed to intervene. Time is, of 260 THE DRAMAS OF SHAKSPEARE. all modes of existence, most obsequious to the imagination ; a lapse...

...are neither ii Rome nor Pontus,^— that neither Mithridates nor Lucullus are before us. The drama exhibits successive imitations of successive actions,...but time can be supposed to intervene. Time is, of 200 THE DRAMAS OF SIIAKSFEARE. all modes of existence, most obsequious to the imagination ; a lapse...

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