 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 514 Seiten
...places very remote from each other; and where is the absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to...act, preparations for war against Mithridates are represented fc> be made in Rome, the event of the war may, without absurdity, be represented, in the... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 Seiten
...very remote from each other ; and where is the absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens and then Sicily, which was always known to...first act preparations for war against Mithridates are represented to be made in Rome, the event of the war may, without absurdity, be represented in the... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 Seiten
...where is the absurdity of allowing that space to represent 5m Athens, and then Sicily, which was alwayi known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern...real and poetical duration is the same. If, in the fint act, preparations for war against Mithridates are represented to be made in Rome, tht event of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 Seiten
...very remote from each other ; and where is the absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to...act, preparations for war against Mithridates are represented to be made in Rome, the event of the war may, without absurdity, be represented, in the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 450 Seiten
...places very remote from each other; and where is the absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to...act, preparations for war against Mithridates are represented to be made in Rome, the event of the war may, without absurdity, be represented, in the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 676 Seiten
...very remote from each other ; and where is the abswrdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to...part between the acts ; for, of so much of the action a» is represented, the real and poetical duration is the same. If, in the first Act, preparations... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 526 Seiten
...very remote from each other : and where is the absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to...act, preparations for war against Mithridates are represented to be made in Rome, the event of the war may, without absurdity, be represented, in the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 350 Seiten
...very remote from each other ; and where is the absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to...act, preparations for war against Mithridates are represented to be made in Rome, the event of the war may, without absurdity, be represented, in the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 484 Seiten
...places very remote from each other; and where is the absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to...act, preparations for war against Mithridates are represented to be made in Rome, the event of the war may, without absurdity, be represented, in the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 Seiten
...very remote from each othi;r; and where is the absurdity of allowing that space to represent first represented to Ъе made in Rome, the event of the war may, without absurdity, be represented, in the... | |
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By supposition, as place is introduced, time may be extended ; the time required by the fable elapses for the most part between the acts ; for, of so much of the action as is represented, the real and poetical duration is the same. If in the first act... 
