 The drama is the most perfect imitation of human life ; by means of the stage it represents man in all his varieties of mind, his expressions of manner, and his power of action, and is the first of moralities because it teaches us in the most impressive...  Footlight Flashes - Page iiiby William Pleater Davidge - 1866 - 274 pagesFull view - About this book
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...APPENDIX. INDEX. CRITICAL ESSAYS. SECTION I.— TRAGEDY. THE drama is the most perfect imitation of human life ; by means of the stage it represents man in...the most impressive way the knowledge of ourselves. When it's lighter species, which professes to satirise, forsakes this imitation for caricature it becomes... | |
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...most perfect imitation of human fife ; by means of the stage it represents man in all his valieties of mind, his expressions of manner, and his power...the most impressive way the knowledge of ourselves." HAZLITT. NEW DRURy LANE THEATRE. Journal of Performance*, with Remarks. Jan. 10th.— Macbeth— Golden... | |
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