The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Volume 2Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1807 |
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... observation will always confirm . * Under the title of " Herculanensium Volu- minum Tomus I , " with the learned notes of Carlo Rosini . " Nullam esse Musicam quæ ad animos infor- mandos sit idonea . " That Music is an aid to devotion ...
... observation will always confirm . * Under the title of " Herculanensium Volu- minum Tomus I , " with the learned notes of Carlo Rosini . " Nullam esse Musicam quæ ad animos infor- mandos sit idonea . " That Music is an aid to devotion ...
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... Agonistes of Milton , and observed that Johnson's criticism upon that drama was prejudiced and unjust . HIS ninth lecture commenced with VOL . II . E noticing the effect which was produced by J. Collier's book Royal Institution . 25.
... Agonistes of Milton , and observed that Johnson's criticism upon that drama was prejudiced and unjust . HIS ninth lecture commenced with VOL . II . E noticing the effect which was produced by J. Collier's book Royal Institution . 25.
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... observed that from this time our tragic authors wrote with more caution , and paid a stricter attention to the rules of criticism . He shewed in what respects they did this ; viz . in the choice of their subjects , and in the ...
... observed that from this time our tragic authors wrote with more caution , and paid a stricter attention to the rules of criticism . He shewed in what respects they did this ; viz . in the choice of their subjects , and in the ...
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... observed that they who sometimes did so , and sometimes took domestic stories ( as Massinger , in his City Madam , and New Way to pay Old Debts ) , had been most successful in the latter case , when they described English characters and ...
... observed that they who sometimes did so , and sometimes took domestic stories ( as Massinger , in his City Madam , and New Way to pay Old Debts ) , had been most successful in the latter case , when they described English characters and ...
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... observations on the theatre have produced several letters upon the sub- ject , four of which I have selected for this day's paper . But before I give them to the reader , I shall insert a letter , which I have just received from a ...
... observations on the theatre have produced several letters upon the sub- ject , four of which I have selected for this day's paper . But before I give them to the reader , I shall insert a letter , which I have just received from a ...
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