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Excerpt from Milton's Poetical Works, Vol. 2: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes
It suffices if the whole drama be found not pro duced beyond the fifth act; of the style and uni formity, and that commonly called the plot, whether intricate or explicit, which is nothing indeed but such economy, or disposition of the fable as may stand best with verisimilitude and decorum, they only will best judge who are not unacquainted with jeschylus, Sophocles, and Eu ripides, the three tragic poets, unequalled yet by any, and the best rule to all who endeavour to write tragedy. The circumscription of time, wherein the whole drama begins and ends is, according to ancient rule and best example, within the space of twenty-four hours.
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