 THE English writers of tragedy are possessed with a notion, that when they represent a virtuous or innocent person in distress, they ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error...  The Spectator - Seite 205herausgegeben von - 1898Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Richardson - 1768 - 344 Seiten
...Vol. J. No. .XU!. ^ "^ * Who were the firft that eftablifhed this rule, I * know not; but I am fure it has no foundation in •NATURE, in REASON, or in the PRACTICE OF * THE ANTIENTS. * We find, that good and evil happen alike unto ' ALL MEN on this fide the grave: And as... | |
 | 1789 - 508 Seiten
...ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous docTrine in modern criticifm, that they are obliged to an equal diftribution of rewards and punifhments, and an imrartial... | |
 | 1803 - 434 Seiten
...ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous...an equal distribution of rewards and punishments, an impartial execution of poetical justice. Who were the first that established this rule I know not;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 416 Seiten
...ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous...nature, in reason, or in the practice of the ancients. We find that good and evil happen alike to all men on this side the grave ; and as the principal design... | |
 | 1808 - 306 Seiten
...impartial exQcation of poetical jostice. Who were the first that estahlished this rule I know not; hut I am sure it has no foundation in nature, in reason, or in the practice of the ancients. We find that good and evil happen alike to all men on this side the grave; and as the principal design... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 Seiten
...ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous...nature, in reason, or in the practice of the ancients. We find that good and evil happen alike to all men on this side the grave ; and as the principal design... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 Seiten
...ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous...nature, in reason, or in the practice of the ancients. We find that good and evil happen alike to all men on this side the grave ; and as the principal design... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1811 - 460 Seiten
...not to ' leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, ' or made him triumph over his enemies. ' This error they have been led into by a...know ' not; but I am sure it has no foundation in NATUBE, in ' REASON, or in the PRACTICE OF THE ANTIENTS. ' We find that good and evil happen alike... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 Seiten
...ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a -ridiculous...nature, in reason, or in the practice of the ancients. We find that good and evil happen alike to all men on this side the grave ; and as the principal design... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 370 Seiten
...ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous...nature, in reason, or in the practice of the ancients. We find that good and evil happen alike to all men on this side the grave; and as the principal design... | |
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