The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays, Volume 4C. Dilly, 1788 - Conduct of life |
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... dramas of Ęschylus the tragic poet - - - 55 C. Of the midddle comedy of the Greeks ; anecdotes of Alexis ; fragments of that dramatic poet collected - -62 CI . The fame collection continued and con- cluded . Anecdotes of Antiphanes 72 ...
... dramas of Ęschylus the tragic poet - - - 55 C. Of the midddle comedy of the Greeks ; anecdotes of Alexis ; fragments of that dramatic poet collected - -62 CI . The fame collection continued and con- cluded . Anecdotes of Antiphanes 72 ...
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... drama examined and opposed - - Page 157 CXII . Letter from H. Posthumous complain- ing of a certain writer , who had pub- lished a collection of his memoirs and re- markable fayings with an account of his last will and testament ...
... drama examined and opposed - - Page 157 CXII . Letter from H. Posthumous complain- ing of a certain writer , who had pub- lished a collection of his memoirs and re- markable fayings with an account of his last will and testament ...
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... his compofition minutely , and it appears to have been taken from that fuite of dramas , which we know Efchylus compofed from the story of the Atrida , Atride , and of which we have still such valuable 36 No 99 THE OBSERVER .
... his compofition minutely , and it appears to have been taken from that fuite of dramas , which we know Efchylus compofed from the story of the Atrida , Atride , and of which we have still such valuable 36 No 99 THE OBSERVER .
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... dramas , founded by Ęschylus on the well - known ftory of Oedipus , all which are loft . The miferable monarch , whose misfortunes had overturned his reason , is here depicted taking shelter under a wretched hovel in the midst of a ...
... dramas , founded by Ęschylus on the well - known ftory of Oedipus , all which are loft . The miferable monarch , whose misfortunes had overturned his reason , is here depicted taking shelter under a wretched hovel in the midst of a ...
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... drama upon the old burlesque system of the Satyrs , as an occasional chorus or parody upon the severer and more tragic characters of the piece . " The next picture in our author's catalogue was by the hand of Timanthes : This modeft ...
... drama upon the old burlesque system of the Satyrs , as an occasional chorus or parody upon the severer and more tragic characters of the piece . " The next picture in our author's catalogue was by the hand of Timanthes : This modeft ...
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