| Richard Cumberland - 1790 - 330 páginas
...age of one hundred and one years, in which time he compofetl ninety comedies ; a competent collection it muft be owned, though not to be compared to the...rapidity, for which we have his own word, " for « when \ have, once determined upon the plot," fays he, " I confider the work as finilhed." The longevity... | |
| Richard Cumberland - 1791 - 308 páginas
...age of one hundred and one years, in which time he compofed ninety comedies ; a competent collection it muft be owned, though not to be compared to the...upon the plot," fays he, " I confider the work as finiihed." The longevity of Philemon was the refuit of great temperance and a placid frame of mind... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 332 páginas
...one years, in which time he composed ninety comedies ; a competent collection it must be VOL. XL. DD owned, though not to be compared to the bulk of Menander's...word, ' for when I have once determined upon the plot, says he, I consider the work as finished.' The longevity of Philemon was the result of great temperance... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 534 páginas
...competent collection it must be VOL. XL. DD owned, though not to be compared to the bulk of JVlenander's productions, who in half the time wrote more in number,...which we have his own word, ' for when I have once deter, mined upon the plot, says he, I consider the work as finished.' The longevity of Philemon was... | |
| James Ferguson - 1823 - 374 páginas
...one hundred and one years, in which time he composed ninety comedies: a competent collection it must be owned, though not to be compared to -the bulk of..." for when I have once determined upon the plot," says he, " I consider the work as finished." The longevity of Philemon was the result of great temperance... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 754 páginas
...one hundred and one years, in which time he composed ninety comedies ; a competent collection it must be owned, though not to be compared to the bulk of...— ' for when I have once determined upon the plot, says he, I consider the work as finished.' The longevity of Philemon was the result of great temperance... | |
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