 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 psl.
..."The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the...absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 psl.
..." The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the...place ; but the different actions that complete a stoiy may be in places very remote from each other ; and where is the absurdity of allowing that space... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 psl.
...field. The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first Act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the...absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 psl.
...field. The truth is, that the spectators are always in their censes, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the...absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 psl.
...first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the players are only players. They came to hear a certain number of lines recited with just...absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 psl.
...always in their senses, and know, from the first Act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and the players are only players. They come to hear a...absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 psl.
...always in their senses, and know, from the first Act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and the players are only players. They come to hear a...absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 psl.
...why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains that can make the istage a field. players. They come to hear a certain number of lines...absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 510 psl.
...field. The truth is that the spectators are always in their senses, and know from the first Act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the...absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 436 psl.
...why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains that can make the stage a field. players. They come to hear a certain number of lines...absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre.... | |
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They come to hear a certain number of lines recited with just gesture and elegant modulation. The lines relate to some action, and an action must be in some place; but the different actions that complete a story may be in places very... 
