Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 184
... effect alone what she had in vain attempted to effect when supported by France on the one side , and by Russia on the other . Danger also began to menace the Im- perial house from another quarter . The Ottoman Porte held threatening ...
... effect alone what she had in vain attempted to effect when supported by France on the one side , and by Russia on the other . Danger also began to menace the Im- perial house from another quarter . The Ottoman Porte held threatening ...
Page 254
... effect , does not produce that effect once in a thousand times , but produces , in the vast majority of cases , an effect directly contrary , we cannot be wrong in saying that it is not a machine of which the principal end is to be so ...
... effect , does not produce that effect once in a thousand times , but produces , in the vast majority of cases , an effect directly contrary , we cannot be wrong in saying that it is not a machine of which the principal end is to be so ...
Page 638
... effect to its connection with the characters or the action . He has written only one scene , as far as we can recollect , which is dramatic even in manner - the scene between Lucifer and Cain . The conference is animated , and each of ...
... effect to its connection with the characters or the action . He has written only one scene , as far as we can recollect , which is dramatic even in manner - the scene between Lucifer and Cain . The conference is animated , and each of ...
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