... he carries his persons indifferently through right and wrong, and at the close dismisses them without further care, and leaves their examples to operate by chance. This fault the barbarity of his age cannot extenuate; for it is always a writer's duty... The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. - Página 142por Samuel Johnson - 1809Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Shakespeare - 1857 - 354 páginas
...chance. This fault the barbarity of his age cannot extenuate ; for it is always a writer's duty to mane the world better, and justice is a virtue independent...omits opportunities of instructing or delighting, whicb the train of his story seems to force on him ; and apparently rejects those exhibitions which... | |
| 1868 - 838 páginas
...and falls to berating Shakespeare. " Shakespeare's plots," he says, "are often so loosely designed, that a very slight consideration may improve them,...and so carelessly pursued that he seems not always fullv to understand his own design." For example, (for the test of the meaning and the truth of general... | |
| Hermann Ulrici - 1876 - 572 páginas
...thinks reasonably must think morally ; but his precepts and axioms drop casually from him . . . His plots are often so loosely formed that a very slight...seems not always fully to comprehend his own design . . . It may be observed that in many of his plays the latter part is evidently neglected. When he... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1878 - 750 páginas
...examples to operate by chance. This fault the barbarity of his age cannot extenuate; for it is always a writer's duty to make the world better, and justice...formed, that a very slight consideration may improve thorn ; and so carelessly pursued, that he seems not always fully to comprehend his own design. Ee... | |
| 1881 - 672 páginas
...examples to operate by chance. This fault the barbarity of his age cannot extenuate, for it is always a writer's duty to make the world better, and justice is a virtue independent on time and place. ' CANADIAN IDYLLS. THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY. BY W. KIKBY. SPINA CHRISTI. PART II. Д TLANTIC... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1882 - 996 páginas
...examples to operate by chance. This fault the barbarity of his age cannot extenuate ; for it is always a more ; thou know'st, He f:*j i'. -n<- .v »: .',...consider that, which may Unfurnish me of reason. careIsssly pursued, that he seems not always fully to comprehend his own design. He omits opportuni-.... | |
| James Mercer Garnett - 1891 - 728 páginas
...examples to operate by chance. This fault the barbarity of his age cannot estimate ; for it is always a writer's duty to make the world better, and justice...plots are often so loosely formed that a very slight consid~ eration may improve them, and so carelessly pursued that he seems not always fully to comprehend... | |
| Hermann Ulrici - 1895 - 578 páginas
...thinks reasonably must think morally ; but his precepts and axioms drop casually from him . . . His plots are often so loosely formed that a very slight...seems not always fully to comprehend his own design . . . It may be observed that in many of his plays the latter part is evidently neglected. When he... | |
| James Mercer Garnett - 1899 - 728 páginas
...examples to operate by chance. This fault the barbarity of his age cannot estimate ; for it is always a writer's duty to make the world better, and justice...may improve them, and so carelessly pursued that he ^lt. fiet p» n seems not always fully to comprehend his own design. He omits opportunities of instructing... | |
| David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 454 páginas
...examples to operate by chance. This fault the barbarity of his age cannot estimate; for it is always a writer's duty to make the world better, and justice is a virtue independent of time or place. The plots are often so loosely formed that a very slight consideration may improve... | |
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