...who revived the wife rules of the antient theatre : other nations refufed for a long time fubmiffion to a yoke, which they thought too fevere ; but as...this practice was entirely unknown to the greateft geniufies, fuch as Lopez de Vega and Shakefpeare ; they acknowledge their obligation to us for awakening...

...finally triumph, they too had yielded. "Even in England," he continued, "at this day authors give a notice at the beginning of their pieces, that the time employed in the action is equal to that in the representation, and thus go farther than ourselves who taught them." It was a consequence that...

...finally triumph, they too had yielded. "Even in England," he continued, "at this day authors give a notice at the beginning of their pieces, that the time employed in the action is equal to that in the representation, and thus go farther than ourselves who taught them." It was a consequence that...