Quotes from Essay of Dramatick Poesie — John Dryden
1631–1700 England
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The Famous Rules which the French call, Des Trois Unités, or, The Three Unities, which ought to be observ'd in every Regular Play; namely, of Time, Place, and Action.
Essay of Dramatick Poesie (1668)
If confidence presage a victory, Eugenius, in his own opinion, has already triumphed over the Ancients: nothing seems more easy to him than to overcome those whom it is our greatest praise to have imitated well; for we do not only build upon their foundation, but by their models.
Essay of Dramatick Poesie (1668)