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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... ment without his impudence . It is true , that Arif " tophanes wrote amidft the confufion and licentiouf- " nefs of the old comedy , and he was well acquainted " with the humour of the Athenians , to whom un- " common merit always gave ...
... ment without his impudence . It is true , that Arif " tophanes wrote amidft the confufion and licentiouf- " nefs of the old comedy , and he was well acquainted " with the humour of the Athenians , to whom un- " common merit always gave ...
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... ment kindles eloquence , and that a lawful monarchy ftifles it ; at least it is eafy to discover by the event , that eloquence in different governments takes a different ap- pearance . In republics it is more fprightly and violent , and ...
... ment kindles eloquence , and that a lawful monarchy ftifles it ; at least it is eafy to discover by the event , that eloquence in different governments takes a different ap- pearance . In republics it is more fprightly and violent , and ...
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... ment independant upon manners and customs , and of fuch men there have been always fome , have not judged so severely either of times , or of writers ; they have dif covered , that a certain refemblance runs through all po- lished ages ...
... ment independant upon manners and customs , and of fuch men there have been always fome , have not judged so severely either of times , or of writers ; they have dif covered , that a certain refemblance runs through all po- lished ages ...
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... ment ; but the fprings which must be touched for this purpose , are not the fame in the gentleman and the ruftic . The paffions depend on nature , and merri- ment upon education . The clown will laugh at a waggery , and the gentleman ...
... ment ; but the fprings which must be touched for this purpose , are not the fame in the gentleman and the ruftic . The paffions depend on nature , and merri- ment upon education . The clown will laugh at a waggery , and the gentleman ...
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... the notion we have of a popular government , yet at what time but this did comedy adventure to claim the fame ment of the Athenians . rights with civil eloquence ? The Italian comedy of the rights BRUMOY'S GREEK THEATRE . 63.
... the notion we have of a popular government , yet at what time but this did comedy adventure to claim the fame ment of the Athenians . rights with civil eloquence ? The Italian comedy of the rights BRUMOY'S GREEK THEATRE . 63.
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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
Beliebte Passagen
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...