...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...distinct from each other. I will not say with Pope 5 that every speech may be assigned to the proper speaker, because many speeches there are which have...

...praises Shakespeare's characters, for example, because they are species, he later goes on to say that 'characters thus ample and general were not easily...kept his personages more distinct from each other.' *1 Imlac's admonition to the poet to describe the general properties and familiar appearances of nature...

...agents. The danger of ambition is well described. . . .' Johnson, it is true, also says of Shakespeare, 'Perhaps no poet ever kept his personages more distinct from each other.' 203 with varying degrees of relevance — the plays were discussed in terms of the interaction of real...

...Shakespeare's characters are individual because their characteristics are universally recognizable: 'Characters thus ample and general were not easily...kept his personages more distinct from each other' (p. 64). In a quite similar way, Fielding's novels are filled with vivid details but rest upon a theory...

...1:01/23940 > . 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 Pope2 1 that every speech may be assigned to the proper speaker, because many speeches there are which...

...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...Pope that every speech may be assigned to the proper speaker,1 because many speeches there are which have nothing characteristical; but perhaps, though...

...up by Dr. Johnson in his Preface to his edition of Shakespeare (i765). Johnson improves upon Dryden: "Characters thus ample and general were not easily...kept his personages more distinct from each other." "Distinct" is the center of praise here, and marks Shakespeare's endless power of influencing all representation...