| 1787 - 326 pages
...from the very beginning of the play, is the object in which the reader or fpectator is interefted. Reverfe the fituation, make it a contrivance to defeat...rejoice in its fuccefs. In the mixture of a plot, and amidfl the variety of fituations, where weaknefles are flattered and paffions indulged, at the fame... | |
| 1788 - 334 pages
...which, from the very beginning of the play, is the object in which the reader or fpe&ator is interefted. Reverfe the fituation, make it a contrivance to defeat...difplayed and duties performed, one fet of readers will enjoy the pleafure of the firft, while thofe only who have lefs need to be inftru&ed will feize... | |
| 1788 - 708 pages
...which the reader or fpeftator is interefted. Reverfe the fituation, make it a contrivance to deleat the claim of the tyrant's daughter, to give the throne...In the mixture of a plot, and amidft the variety of fituationĀ«, where weakneilee are flattered and paffions indulged, at the fame time that virtues are... | |
| 1794 - 478 pages
...from the very beginning of the play, is the object in which the reader or fpectator is interefted. Reverfe the fituation, make it a contrivance to defeat...of fituations, where weaknefles are flattered and pafllons indulged, at the fame time that virtues are difplayed and duties performed, one fet of readers... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 254 pages
...beginning of the play, is the object in which the reader or spectator is interested. Reverse the situation, make it a contrivance to defeat the claim of the tyrant's...daughter, to give the throne to Tancred, and to place Sigismunda there at his side, the audience would admire its ingenuity, and rejoice in its success.... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 734 pages
...beginning of the play, is the object in which the reader or spectator is interested. Reverse the situation, make it a contrivance to defeat the claim of the tyrant's...daughter, to give the throne to Tancred, and to place Sigismunda there at his side, the audience would admire its ingenuity, and rejoice in its success.... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 346 pages
...beginning of the play, is the object in which the reader or spectator is interested. Reverse the situation, make it a contrivance to defeat the claim of the tyrant's...daughter, to give the throne to Tancred, and to place Sigisraunda there at his side, the audience would admire its ingenuity, and rejoice in its success.... | |
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