 ... justice, might satisfy the most rigid admirer of Grecian rules. The translator has thought it necessary to adhere to the original in distinguishing by name the first act (or Proem) from the four which follow it : but the distinction is purely nominal,...  The Fortunate Union: A Romance - Page 2141829Full view - About this book
 | 1829 - 1030 pages
...but the distinction is purely nominal, and the piece consists, to all intents and purposes, of fire acts. It is remarkable, that this peculiar division...to a large number of the " Hundred Plays of Yuen." Mr. Davis is of opinion that the plot and incidents of the " Sorrows of Han " are superior to those... | |
 | 1829 - 590 pages
...piece consists, to all intents and purposes, of five acts. It is remarkable that this peculiar liar division holds true with regard to a large number of the Hundred Plays of Yuen' — from which the present drama is taken. Love and war, too, very legitimate subjects of tragedy,... | |
 | sir John Francis Davis (1st bart.) - 1865 - 248 pages
...but the distinction is purely nominal, and the piece consists, to all intents and purposes, of five acts. It is remarkable that this peculiar division...regard to a large number of the " Hundred Plays of Yuen " — from which the present drama is taken. Love and war, too, very legitimate subjects of tragedy,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1829 - 584 pages
...piece consists, to all intents and purposes, otfive acts. It is remarkable that this peculiar liar division holds true with regard to a large number of the Hundred Plays of Yuen' — from which the present drama is taken. Love and war, too, very legitimate subjects of tragedy,... | |
 | 1829 - 792 pages
...follow it: but the distinction is purely nominal, and the piece consists, to all intents and purposes, of Jive acts. It is remarkable, that this peculiar division holds true with regard to u large number of the " Hundred Plays of Yuen." Mr. Davis is of opinion that the plot and incidents... | |
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