...dramatic dialogue, Neander responds by correcting Crites's definition of "nature": "I answer you ... by distinguishing betwixt what is nearest to the nature...Nature wrought up to an higher pitch. The Plot, the Characters, the Wit, the Passions, the Descriptions, are all exalted above the level of common converse,...

...confessed by me, that, since no man spoke any kind of verse ex tempore, that which was nearest nature was to be preferred. I answer you, therefore, by distinguishing...common persons and ordinary speaking, — and what is nearen the nature of a serioua play, 'This last is indeed the representation of nature, but 'tis nature...

...confessed by me, that, since no man spoke any kind of verse ex tempore, that which was nearest nature was to be preferred. I answer you, therefore, by distinguishing...nature wrought up to an higher pitch. The plot, the characters, the wit, the passions, the descriptions are all exalted above the level of common converse,...