Johnson as CriticRoutledge & K. Paul, 1973 - 472 páginas |
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Página 156
... seems to produce without labour , what no labour can improve . In tragedy he is always struggling after some occasion to be comic ; but in comedy he seems to repose , or to luxuriate , as in a mode of thinking congenial to his nature ...
... seems to produce without labour , what no labour can improve . In tragedy he is always struggling after some occasion to be comic ; but in comedy he seems to repose , or to luxuriate , as in a mode of thinking congenial to his nature ...
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... seems not always fully to comprehend his own design . He omits opportunities of instructing or delighting which the train of his story seems to force upon him , and apparently rejects those exhibi- tions which would be more affecting ...
... seems not always fully to comprehend his own design . He omits opportunities of instructing or delighting which the train of his story seems to force upon him , and apparently rejects those exhibi- tions which would be more affecting ...
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... seems to be of an opinion not very uncommon in the world , that to want money is to want every thing . Next to the pleasure of contemplating his possessions , seems to be that of enumerating the men of high rank with whom he was ac ...
... seems to be of an opinion not very uncommon in the world , that to want money is to want every thing . Next to the pleasure of contemplating his possessions , seems to be that of enumerating the men of high rank with whom he was ac ...
Contenido
JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE | 43 |
Note on the Text and Acknowledgment | 58 |
EARLY PERIODICAL CRITICISM | 59 |
Derechos de autor | |
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Términos y frases comunes
action admiration Aeneid ancient appears attention beauties blank verse censure character comedy common composition considered Cowley criticism death delight dialogue diction dignity diligence drama Dryden easily easy edition effect elegance endeavoured English English poetry Essay excellence exhibit expression eyes F. R. Leavis Falstaff fancy faults genius give harmony heaven hexameter Hudibras human Iliad images imagination imitation Johnson judgment kind King knowledge labour language learning lines literary literature lived Lycidas Macbeth Metaphysical poets Milton mind moral nature never numbers observed opinion original Othello Paradise Lost passages passions pastoral perhaps play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise produced reader reason remarks rhyme Samson Samson Agonistes Samuel Johnson says scarcely scenes seems sense sentiments Shakespeare sometimes sound supposed syllables thee things thou thought tion tragedy translation truth versification Virgil virtue Warburton words writer written