 | William Belsham - 1791 - 312 pages
...Poem, muft be one, great, and entire. What I mean by entire," fays he, " is comprehending in itfelf, a beginning, a middle, and an end. A beginning is that which does not itfelf necefiarily follow any other «vent, but to which other events naturally fucceed. An end is... | |
 | Aristotle - Aesthetics - 1815 - 492 pages
...also a certain magnitude; for a tiling may be entire, and a whole, and yet not be of any magnitude11. 1. By entire, I mean that which has a beginning, a middle, and an end. A beginning is that59 which does not necessarily suppose any thing before it, but which requires something to follow... | |
 | Theology - 1846 - 792 pages
...tragedy is an imitation of a perfect and entire action and one of suitable magnitude. An entire thing is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end. A beginning is that which need not be preceded, but must be followed by some other objects or events. An end is that which may... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1846 - 810 pages
...tragedy is an imitation of a perfect and entire action and one of suitable magnitude. An entire thing is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end. A beginning is that which need not be preceded, but must be followed by some other objects or events. An end is that which may... | |
 | August Witzchel - Greek drama - 1850 - 172 pages
...has also a certain magnitude ; for a thing may be entire and a whole, and yet not have any magnitude. By entire I mean that which has a beginning, a middle,...something to follow it. An end, on the contrary, is that whicli supposes something to precede it, either necessarily or probably, but which nothing is required... | |
 | Paul Stapfer - Civilization, Classical, in literature - 1880 - 520 pages
...is meant by a thing being entire, has taken the trouble to define the word in his " Poetics ": — " By entire I mean that which has a beginning, a middle, and an end. A beginning is that which comes first, an end is that which comes last" (the definition is slightly abridged, but nothing essential... | |
 | Aristotle - Aesthetics - 1898 - 144 pages
...certain magnitude ; for there may be a whole that is wanting in magnitude. A whole is that which has 3 a beginning, a middle, and an end. A beginning is that which does not itself follow anything by causal necessity, but after which something naturally is or comes to be.... | |
 | Samuel Henry Butcher, Aristotle - Aesthetics - 1898 - 454 pages
...; for t,h.gre may Ья_а чуЬпЬ thai \/ is wanting in magnitude. | A whole is that which has 3 a beginning, a middle, and an end. A beginning is that which does not itself follow anything by causal necessity, but after which something naturally is or comes to bef... | |
 | Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - American essays - 1900 - 478 pages
...have defined tragedy to be an imitation of an action that is complete and entire, and that has also a certain magnitude; for a thing may be entire and...beginning is that which does not necessarily suppose anything before it, but which requires something to follow it. An end, on the contrary, is that which... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - English literature - 1902 - 474 pages
...also a certain magnitude; for a thing may be entire and a whole, and yet not be of any magnitude. i. By entire I mean that which has a beginning, a middle,...beginning is that which does not necessarily suppose anything before it, but which requires something to follow it. An end, on the contrary, is that which... | |
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A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle, and an end. A beginning is that which does not itself follow anything by causal necessity, but after which something naturally is or comes to be. An end, on the contrary, is that which itself naturally... 
