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" ... 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, and... "
Hān Koong Tsew, Or The Sorrows of Hān - Page vi
by Han kung chʻiu - 1829 - 18 pages
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The Fortunate Union: A Romance, Part 2

1829 - 310 pages
...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...occasionally chaunts forth in unison with a louder or or a softer accompaniment of music, as may best suit the sentiment or action of the moment. Some passages...
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The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Volume 29

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...
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The Quarterly review, Volume 41

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,...
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Chinese miscellanies, essays and notes

sir John Francis Davis (1st bart.) - 1865 - 248 pages
...it ; 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,...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 41

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,...
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The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign ..., Volume 28

1829 - 792 pages
...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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