 The initial consideration was that of extent. If any literary work is too long to be read at one sitting, we must be content to dispense with the immensely important effect derivable from unity of impression — for, if two sittings be required, the affairs...  How to Write a Good Play - Page 209by Frank Archer - 1892 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 522 pages
...initial consideration was that of extent. If any literary '' work is too long to be read at one sitting, we must be content to dispense with the immensely...required, the affairs of the world interfere, and every thing like totality is at once destroyed. ; But since, ceteris paribus, no poet can afford to... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 522 pages
...initial consideration was that of extent. If any literary work is too long to be read at one sitting, we must be content to dispense with the immensely...required, the affairs of the world interfere, and every thing like totality is at once destroyed. But since, ceteris paribm, no poet can afford to dispense... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1879 - 336 pages
...initial consideration was that of extent. If any literary work is too long to be read at one sitting, we must be content to dispense with the immensely...and everything like totality is at once destroyed. But since, seleris paribus, no poet can afford to dispense with anything that may advance his design,... | |
 | 1871 - 612 pages
...derivable from unity of impression would be lost, or at least greatly impaired ; for where two sittings are required, the affairs of the world interfere, and everything like totality is at once destroyed. Following up this argument, the question then arose — how long should a poem be? The conclusion was,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1881 - 588 pages
...literary work is too long to be read at one sitting, we must be content to dispeuse with the immeusely important effect derivable from unity of impression...— for, if two sittings be required, the affairs of thu world interfere, and every thing like totality is at once destroyed. But since, ceteris paribus,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1882 - 226 pages
...initial consideration was that of extent. If any literary work is too long to be read at one sitting, we must be content to dispense with the immensely...and everything like totality is at once destroyed. But since, ceteris paribus, no poet can afford to dispense with anything that may advance his design,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1882 - 430 pages
...too long to be read at one sitting, we must be content to dispense with the immensely impor,i . tant effect derivable from unity of impression — for,...and everything like totality is at once destroyed. But since, c&teris paribus, no poet can afford to dispense with anything that may advance his design,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1883 - 542 pages
...initial consideration was that of extent. If any literary work is too long to be read at one sitting, we must be content to dispense with the immensely...and everything like totality is at once destroyed. But since, ceteris paribus, no poet can afford to dispense with anything that may advance his design,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...initial consideration was that of extent. If any literary work is too long to be read at one sitting, we must be content to dispense with the immensely...required, the affairs of the world interfere, and every thing like totality is at once destroyed. But since, ceteris paribus, no poet can afford to dispense... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1889 - 360 pages
...initial consideration was that of extent. If any literary work is too long to be read at one sitting, we must be content to dispense with the immensely...and everything like totality is at once destroyed. But since, ceteris paribus, no poet can afford to dispense with anything that may advance his design,... | |
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