 THE English writers of tragedy are possessed with a notion, that when they represent a virtuous or innocent person in distress, they ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error...  Harrison's British Classicks - Page 791786Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - 1905 - 420 pages
...Tragedy are possessed with a notion, that when they represent a virtuous or innocent person in distress, they ought not to leave him till they have delivered...This error they have been led into by a ridiculous doctrine in modern criticism, that they are obliged to an equal distribution of rewards and punishments,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1905 - 422 pages
...Tragedy are possessed with a notion, that when they represent a virtuous or innocent person in distress, they ought not to leave him till they have delivered...his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. 5 This error they have been led into by a ridiculous doctrine in modern criticism, that they are obliged... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1906 - 414 pages
...are possessed 5 with a notion, that when they represent a virtuous or innocent person in distress, they ought not to leave him till they have delivered...This error they have been led into by a ridiculous 10 doctrine in modern criticism, that they are obliged to an equal distribution of rewards and punishments,... | |
 | Erich Poetzsche - 1907 - 136 pages
...possessed with a notion, that, when they represent a virtuous . . . person in distress, they ought to leave him, till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies 2). (Clar. VIII, Postscriptum) This subject is further considered in a letter to the Spectator2). (Clar.... | |
 | Erich Poetzsche - 1907 - 132 pages
...possessed with a notion, that, when they represent a virtuous . . . person in distress, they ought to leave him, till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies2). (Clar. vin, Postscriptum) This subject is further considered in a letter to the Spectator... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 pages
...tragedy are possessed with a notion that when they represent a virtuous or innocent person in distress, they ought not to leave him till they have delivered...This error they have been led into by a ridiculous doctrine in modern criticism, that they are obliged to an equal distribution of rewards and punishments,... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 pages
...tragedy are possessed with a notion that when they represent a virtuous or innocent person in distress, they ought not to leave him till they have delivered...This error they have been led into by a ridiculous doctrine in modern criticism, that they are obliged to an equal distribution of rewards and punishments,... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 pages
...tragedy are possessed with a notion that when they represent a virtuous or innocent person in distress, they ought not to leave him till they have delivered...This error they have been led into by a ridiculous doctrine in modern criticism, that they are obliged to an equal distribution of rewards and punishments,... | |
 | Michael A. Quinlan - 1912 - 258 pages
..." are possessed with a notion, that when they represent a virtuous or innocent person in distress, they ought not to leave him till they have delivered...This error they have been led into by a ridiculous doctrine in modern criticism, that they are obliged to an equal distribution of rewards and punishments,... | |
 | Richard Pape Cowl - 1914 - 346 pages
...a virtuous or innocent "/i^of°0" person in distress, they ought not to leave him till they poetic have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him...This error they have been led into by a ridiculous doctrine in modern criticism, that they are obliged to an equal distribution of rewards and punishments,... | |
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