... 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 - 1839 - 550 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 or place. Shakespeare with his excellencies has likewise faults, and faults sufficient to obscure and overwhelm... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1839 - 608 páginas
...examples to operate by chance. This fault the barbarity of the age cannot extenuate ; for it is always a writer's duty to make the world better, and justice is a virtue independent on time or place." Why this common-place on justice should be compelled into the station in which we here most strangely... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1841 - 316 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...delighting, which the train of his story seems to force on him ; and apparently rejects those exhibitions which would be more affecting, for the sake of those... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1844 - 348 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...delighting, which the train of his story seems to force on him ; and apparently rejects those exhibitions which would be more affecting, for the sake of those... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1847 - 578 páginas
...examples to operate by chance. This fault the barbarity of the age cannot extenuate ; for it is always a writer's duty to make the world better, and justice is a virtue independent on time or place/' Why this commonplace on justice should be compelled into the station in which we here most strangely... | |
| Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 páginas
...strikes the most superficial student of Shakspere as monstrous. We open ' Irene,' and we understand it. " He omits opportunities of instructing or delighting which the train of his story seems to foree upon him, and apparently rejects those exhibitions which would be more affecting for the sake... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1850 - 614 páginas
...examples to operate by chance. This fault the barbarity of the age cannot extenuate ; for it is always a writer's duty to make the world better, and justice is a virtue independent on time or place." Why this common-place on justice should be compelled into the station in which we here most strangely... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1850 - 652 páginas
...examples to operate by chance. This fault the barbarity of the age cannot extenuate ; for it is always a writer's duty to make the world better, and justice is a virtue independent on time or place." Why this common-place on justice should be compelled into the station in which we here most strangely... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 360 páginas
...write without any moral purpose, even 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. Preface to Shakspeare. Many causes may vitiate a writer's judgment of his own works. On... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1853 - 336 páginas
...write without any moral purpose, even 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. Preface to Shakspeare. Many causes may vitiate a writer's judgment of his own works. On... | |
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