 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...false. It is false, that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment,...passing the first hour at Alexandria, and the next at Home, supposes, that when the play opens, the spectator really imagines himself at Alexandria, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 510 pages
...false. It is false, that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatick fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment,...himself at Alexandria, and believes that his walk to uic theatre has been a voyage to Egypt, and that he lives in the days of Antony and Cleopatra. Surely... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 436 pages
...false. It is false, that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatick fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment,...has been a voyage to Egypt, and that he lives in the daysof Antony and Cleopatra. Surely he that imagines this may imagine more. He that can take the stage... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 532 pages
...false. It is false, that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment,...passing the first hour at Alexandria, and the next at Home, supposes, that when the play opens, the spectator really imagines himself at Alexandria, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 470 pages
...m Its materiality was ever credible^ or, for a angle moment, was ever credited. «,ih ollJ«'ti0,u arising from the impossibility of passing the first...at Alexandria, and the next at Rome, supposes, that wienthe play opens, the spectator really imagines liimsclf at Alexandria, and believes that his walk... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...false. It is false, that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatick fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment,...voyage to Egypt, and that he lives in the days of Anthony and Cleopatra, Surely lie that imagines this may imagine more. He that can Vet. I. " X take... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 822 pages
...false. It is false, that any representation is mistaken for reality; that any dramatic fal>>, in its materiality, was ever credible, or, for a single moment, was ever credited. *l The objection arising frum the inipossibilily of passing the first hour at Alexandria, and tinnext... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 676 pages
...false. It is false, that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatick fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment,...the first hour at Alexandria, and the next at Rome, suplelves ; nor are imposed on any poet, either by the nature, or the end, of the dramatick imitation... | |
 | 1822 - 526 pages
...critic truly denies " that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment was ever credited." To this reasoning we perfectly assent, and where a tragedy is not written for representation, as from... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 350 pages
...false. It is false, that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment,...theatre has been a voyage to Egypt, and that he lives m the days of Antony and Cleopatra. Surely he that imagines this may imagine more. He that can take... | |
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The objection arising from the impossibility of passing the first hour at Alexandria, and the next at Rome, supposes that when the play opens, the spectator really imagines himself at Alexandria, and believes that his walk to the theatre has been a voyage... 
