... influence upon the sum of life, it has little operation in the dramas of a poet who caught his ideas from the living world, and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of... The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Página 215por Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 402 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 páginas
...before him. He knew that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity. Characters, thus ample and general, were...discriminated and preserved ; yet perhaps no poet ever kept tept his personages more distinct from each other. I will not say with Pope, that every speech may... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 páginas
...is perfectly just, and his former censure altogether groundless.-*" I will not" (says Dr. Johnson) " say with Pope, that every speech may be assigned to...adapted to every person, it will be difficult to find any that can be properly transferred from the present possessor to another claimant. The choice is... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 624 páginas
...perfectly just, and his former censure altogether groundless. — " I will not" (says Dr. Johnson) " say with Pope, that • every speech may be assigned...adapted to every person, it will be difficult to find any that can be properly transferred from the present possessor to another claimant. The choice is... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 páginas
...perfectly just, and his former censure altogether groundless.— *' I will not" (says Dr. Johnson) " say with Pope, that every speech may be assigned to...because many .speeches there are, which have nothing charactcristical; but, perhaps, though some may be equally adapted to every person, it will be difficult... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 páginas
...before him. He knew, that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity. Characters thus ample and general were...adapted to every person, it will be difficult to find any that can be properly transferred from the present possessor to another claimant. The choice is... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 páginas
...before him. He knew, that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity. Characters thus ample and general were...no poet ever kept his personages more distinct from er.ch other. I will not say with Pope, that every speech may be assigned to the proper speaker, because... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 páginas
...before him. He knew, that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity. Characters thus ample and general were...adapted to every person, it will be difficult to find any that can be properly transferred from the present possessor to another claimant. The choice is... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 páginas
...before him. He knew, that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity. Characters thus ample and general were...to the proper speaker, because many speeches there arc which have nothing characteristical ; but, perhaps, though some may be equally adapted to every... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 páginas
...before him. He knew that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity. Characters thus ample and general were...more distinct from each other. I will not say with Pofie, that every speech may be assigned to the proper speaker, because many speeches there are which... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 páginas
...him. He knew that any other passion, as it ,.was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness - or calamity. . Characters thus ample and general were...speech may be assigned to the proper speaker, because manyspeeches there are which have nothing characteristical ; but, perhaps, though some may be equally... | |
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