The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: A dissertation upon the Greek comedy, translated from Brumoy. General conclusion to Brumoy's Greek theatre. Miscellaneous observations on the tragedy of Macbeth. Adventurer. History of Rasselas, prince of AbissiniaT. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J Johnson, C. Dilly, T. Vernor, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, N. Conant, P. Elmsly, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Goldsmith, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby, G. Nicol, J. Murray, A. Strahan, W. Lowndes, T. Evans, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, T. and J. Egerton, W. Fox, P. M.'Queen, Ogilvie and Speale, Darton and Harvey, G. and C. Kearsley, W. Millar, B. C. Collins, and E. Newbery., 1792 |
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... should slightly glance fometimes upon one piece , and fometimes upon another . It is a structure which I have en- deavoured to make as near to regularity as I could , and which must be feen in its full extent and in pro- per fucceffion ...
... should slightly glance fometimes upon one piece , and fometimes upon another . It is a structure which I have en- deavoured to make as near to regularity as I could , and which must be feen in its full extent and in pro- per fucceffion ...
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... should refemble it with- out having its faults ; fuch is the Amphitryon . How many moral tales , how many adventures ancient and modern , how many little fables of Ejop , of Phædrus , of Fontaine , or fome other ancient poet , would ...
... should refemble it with- out having its faults ; fuch is the Amphitryon . How many moral tales , how many adventures ancient and modern , how many little fables of Ejop , of Phædrus , of Fontaine , or fome other ancient poet , would ...
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... should bring characters lefs ftrong , he will be in danger of dulnefs . Where comedy is to be kept up by fubordinate personages , it is in great dan- ger . All the force of a picture muft arife from the principal perfons , and not from ...
... should bring characters lefs ftrong , he will be in danger of dulnefs . Where comedy is to be kept up by fubordinate personages , it is in great dan- ger . All the force of a picture muft arife from the principal perfons , and not from ...
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... should fup- pofe it but half as much as we are told , was very great , for it ended in the deftruction of Athens , which could scarce raise its head again , after it had been taken by Lyfander . Though we consider Ariftophanes as a ...
... should fup- pofe it but half as much as we are told , was very great , for it ended in the deftruction of Athens , which could scarce raise its head again , after it had been taken by Lyfander . Though we consider Ariftophanes as a ...
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... should receive thefe fictions " as truth would be corrupted by an erroneous opi → " nion : but he that always keeps in his mind the " fables and allufions , which it is the business of ર poetry to contrive , will not be injured by ...
... should receive thefe fictions " as truth would be corrupted by an erroneous opi → " nion : but he that always keeps in his mind the " fables and allufions , which it is the business of ર poetry to contrive , will not be injured by ...
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againſt almoſt anfwered Aristophanes Banquo becauſe cauſe cenfure comedy confidered defign defire died hereafter diſcover eafily eafy endeavoured Euripides faid Imlac faid the prince fame fatire fecurity feems feen fenfe fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fingle firft firſt folitude fome fomething fometimes foon fpecies fpirits ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed furely genius Greek comedy happineſs happy herſelf hiftory himſelf honour increaſe itſelf juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife loft Macbeth mankind Menander mind moft Moliere moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obfcure obferved occafion ourſelves paffage paffed paffions Pekuah Plautus pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Plutarch poet prefent princefs purpoſe queftion racter Raffelas raiſe reafon refolved refpect reft ſcene Shakespeare ſhall ſtage ſtate taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion tragedy underſtand univerfal uſe whofe witches writing
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Seite 64 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
Seite 56 - Thus thou must do, if thou have it"; And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Seite 240 - Man surely has some latent sense for which this place affords no gratification, or he has some desires distinct from sense which must be satisfied before he can be happy.
Seite 327 - The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty cannot bestow.
Seite 338 - the choice of life is become less important; I hope hereafter to think only on the choice of eternity.
Seite 250 - Nile through all his passage; pass over to distant regions, and examine the face of nature from one extremity of the earth to the other!
Seite 268 - He enumerated many examples of heroes immovable by pain or pleasure, who looked with indifference on those modes or accidents to which the vulgar give the names of good and evil.
Seite 63 - Implored your highness' pardon and set forth A deep repentance: nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death, To throw away the dearest thing he owed As 'twere a careless trifle.
Seite 257 - Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified: no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower of the valley. I observed with equal care the crags of the rock and the pinnacles of the palace. Sometimes I wandered along the mazes of the rivulet, and sometimes watched the changes of the summer clouds.
Seite 236 - ... beasts of prey by the mountains which confined them. On one part were flocks and herds feeding in the...