. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. i 451 ] moft of the ancient tragedies, when the charadlers anfwer eacli other for a confiderable time by a llngl. hue, and oitcn the lame number of words. This fiiort and abrupt intvrcoui fc luighi :;ow and then be attended with propriety, by cxp'ciihu^ riiT-er, l)ut this obfcure dialogue generaHy happens avIich '.he pcvihn^ fak- ing are in their ufual , and about the .noil indltlbrent circumftances. I cannot expe^, however, that you Ihould be able to defend the ancient writers on
. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. i 451 ] moft of the ancient tragedies, when the charadlers anfwer eacli other for a confiderable time by a llngl. hue, and oitcn the lame number of words. This fiiort and abrupt intvrcoui fc luighi :;ow and then be attended with propriety, by cxp'ciihu^ riiT-er, l)ut this obfcure dialogue generaHy happens avIich '.he pcvihn^ fak- ing are in their ufual , and about the .noil indltlbrent circumftances. I cannot expe^, however, that you Ihould be able to defend the ancient writers on tragedy upon this ;,cad till you have examined the parts I refer to in your library ; wheti, out of many otliers, lean, from a memorandum in my pocket, point out Euripides's Medea, 1. 663, etjl'j. as alfo his Hippolytus, 1. 80. ^ I have already prefumed to mention fome iminteremng trage- dies of the ancients, and conceive that I may alfo venture to iay, that there are few fcenes even that command the involuntary tear from the reader, which circumftance I fhall always confider as the true teft of the merits of a tragedy; as the involuntary laugh fl-ems to be that of a comedy. Critics may write ingenious difiertations; but if the reader is not afFeded till he is taught to be fo, I fhall always diftrufl the abilities of the Mmm 3 IN. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Barrington, Daines, 1727-1800. London : Printed by J. Nichols, sold by B. White
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