 | John Dryden - 2023 - 470 Seiten
...with that kind of Writing. Thus Prose, though the rightful Prince, yet is by common consent depos'd, as too weak for the government of serious Plays; and...two Competitors; one the nearer in blood, which is blanck Verse; the other more fit for the ends of government, which is Rhyme. Blanck Verse is, indeed,... | |
 | David Haley - 1997 - 316 Seiten
...imagination. He says "Prose [is] the rightful Prince" of comedy, "yet is by common consent depos'd, as too weak for the government of serious Plays; and...two Competitors; one the nearer in blood, which is blanck Verse; the other more fit for the ends of government, which is Rhyme. Blanck Verse is, indeed,... | |
 | John Dryden - 312 Seiten
...see in Catiline and Sejanus, where the argument is great, he sometimes ascends to verse, which shows he thought it not unnatural in serious plays. And...more fit for the ends of government, which is rhyme. Blank verse is, indeed, the nearer prose, but he is blemished with the weakness of his predecessor.... | |
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Thus prose, though the rightful prince, yet is by common consent deposed, as too weak for the government of serious plays ; and he failing, there now start up two competitors ; one the nearer in blood, which is blank verse; the other more fit for the... 
