 | Aristotle, Thomas Twining - Aesthetics - 1812 - 380 pages
...subjects, seems clearly to be the most Tragic of all Poets. I place in the second rank, that kind of fable which some assign the first ; that which is of a double...this passes for the best, is owing to the weakness 5 of the spectators, to whose 1 That weakness which cannot bear strong emotions, even from fictitious... | |
 | Aristotle, Thomas Twining - Aesthetics - 1812 - 388 pages
...Tragic of all Poets. I place in the second rank, that kind of fable to which some assign \hejirst ; that which is of a double construction, like the Odyssey,...this passes for the best, is owing to the weakness 5 of the spectators, to whose * That weakness which cannot bear strong emotions, even from fictitious... | |
 | Aristotle, Thomas Twining - Aesthetics - 1812 - 386 pages
...most Tragic of all Poets. I place in the second rank, that kind of fable to which some assign the^ntf; that which is of a Double construction, like the Odyssey,...the bad, characters. That this passes for the best, js owing to the weakness s of the spectators, to whose 1 That weakness which cannot bear strong emotions,... | |
 | Aristotle, Thomas Twining - Aesthetics - 1812 - 516 pages
...being reminded of the MACBETH of SHAKSPEARE. NOTE 99. P. 137. THAT WHICH IS OF A DOUBLE CONSTRUCTION, AND ALSO ENDS IN TWO OPPOSITE EVENTS, TO THE GOOD, AND TO THE BAD, CHARACTERS. ЕТГГАт, «' 2T2TAEIN Е^жг«— ¿.«."That " Construction which has a double construction."... | |
 | Aristotle - Aesthetics - 1815 - 492 pages
...respects, faulty in the conduct of his subjects, seems clearly to be the most tragic of all poets™. I place in the second rank, that kind of fable to...which is of a double construction, like the Odyssey, aud also ends in two opposite events, to the good and to the bad chatactors™. That this passes for... | |
 | John William Donaldson - Greek drama - 1836 - 636 pages
...other respects faulty in the conduct of his subjects, seems clearly to be the most tragic of all poets. I place in the second rank that kind of fable to which...whose wishes the poets accommodate their productions. This kind of pleasure, however, is not the proper pleasure of Tragedy, but belongs rather to Comedy... | |
 | John Richard Darley (Bp. of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh) - Greek drama - 1840 - 580 pages
...other respects faulty in the conduct of his subjects, seems clearly to be the most tragic of all poets. I place in the second rank that kind of fable to which...whose wishes the poets accommodate their productions. This kind of pleasure, however, is not the proper pleasure of Tragedy, but belongs rather to Comedy... | |
 | John William Donaldson - Greek drama - 1849 - 642 pages
...other respects faulty in the conduct of his subjects, seems clearly to be the most tragic of all poets. I place in the second rank that kind of fable to which some assign the ßrst ; that which is of a double construction, like the Odyssey, and also ends in two opposite events,... | |
 | Aristotle - 1851 - 90 pages
...respects, faulty in the conduct of his subjects, seems clearly to be the most tragic of all poets. I place in the second rank, that kind of fable to...double construction, like the Odyssey, and also ends in (a) two opposite events, to the good, and to the bad, characters. That this passes for the best, is... | |
 | Greeks - 1860 - 904 pages
...other respects faulty in the conduct of his subjects, seems clearly to be the most tragic of all poets. I place in the second rank that kind of fable to which...whose wishes the poets accommodate their productions. This kind of pleasure, however, is not the proper pleasure of Tragedy, but belongs rather to Comedy;... | |
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And as the strongest proof of it we find that upon the stage, and in the dramatic contests, such tragedies, if they succeed, have always the most tragic effect; and Euripides, though in other respects faulty in the conduct of his subjects, seems clearly... 
