The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: A dissertation upon the Greek comedy, translated from Brumoy. General conclusion to Brumoy's Greek theatre. Miscellaneous observations on the tragedy of Macbeth. Adventurer. History of Rasselas, prince of AbissiniaT. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J Johnson, C. Dilly, T. Vernor, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, N. Conant, P. Elmsly, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Goldsmith, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby, G. Nicol, J. Murray, A. Strahan, W. Lowndes, T. Evans, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, T. and J. Egerton, W. Fox, P. M.'Queen, Ogilvie and Speale, Darton and Harvey, G. and C. Kearsley, W. Millar, B. C. Collins, and E. Newbery., 1792 |
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... friend of Lelius , and the faithful copier of Menander . But the Romans , without troubling themselves with this order of fucceffion , diftinguifhed their comedies by the dreffes † of the players . The robe , called prætexta , with ...
... friend of Lelius , and the faithful copier of Menander . But the Romans , without troubling themselves with this order of fucceffion , diftinguifhed their comedies by the dreffes † of the players . The robe , called prætexta , with ...
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... , and many others , to condemn this poet without appeal . Socrates , who is faid to have been destroyed by a poetical attack , at the inftigation of two · two wretches * , has too many friends among GREEK COMEDY . 31.
... , and many others , to condemn this poet without appeal . Socrates , who is faid to have been destroyed by a poetical attack , at the inftigation of two · two wretches * , has too many friends among GREEK COMEDY . 31.
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Samuel Johnson. · two wretches * , has too many friends among good men , to have pardon granted to fo horrid a crime . This has filled them with an implacable hatred against Arif tophanes , which is mingled with the spirit of philosophy ...
Samuel Johnson. · two wretches * , has too many friends among good men , to have pardon granted to fo horrid a crime . This has filled them with an implacable hatred against Arif tophanes , which is mingled with the spirit of philosophy ...
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... friend Banquo whom we mifs , Would he were here ! to all , and him , we thirst . And all to all . Though this paffage is , as it now ftands , capable of more meanings than one , none of them are very satis- factory ; and therefore I am ...
... friend Banquo whom we mifs , Would he were here ! to all , and him , we thirst . And all to all . Though this paffage is , as it now ftands , capable of more meanings than one , none of them are very satis- factory ; and therefore I am ...
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... friends , and without pleasure , The last may , perhaps , appear strange to men unacquainted with the masquerade of life : I deceived others , and I endea- voured to deceive myself , and have worn the face of pleafantry and gaiety ...
... friends , and without pleasure , The last may , perhaps , appear strange to men unacquainted with the masquerade of life : I deceived others , and I endea- voured to deceive myself , and have worn the face of pleafantry and gaiety ...
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againſt almoſt anfwered Aristophanes Banquo becauſe cauſe cenfure comedy confidered defign defire died hereafter diſcover eafily eafy endeavoured Euripides faid Imlac faid the prince fame fatire fecurity feems feen fenfe fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fingle firft firſt folitude fome fomething fometimes foon fpecies fpirits ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed furely genius Greek comedy happineſs happy herſelf hiftory himſelf honour increaſe itſelf juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife loft Macbeth mankind Menander mind moft Moliere moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obfcure obferved occafion ourſelves paffage paffed paffions Pekuah Plautus pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Plutarch poet prefent princefs purpoſe queftion racter Raffelas raiſe reafon refolved refpect reft ſcene Shakespeare ſhall ſtage ſtate taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion tragedy underſtand univerfal uſe whofe witches writing
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Seite 64 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
Seite 56 - Thus thou must do, if thou have it"; And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Seite 240 - Man surely has some latent sense for which this place affords no gratification, or he has some desires distinct from sense which must be satisfied before he can be happy.
Seite 327 - The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty cannot bestow.
Seite 338 - the choice of life is become less important; I hope hereafter to think only on the choice of eternity.
Seite 250 - Nile through all his passage; pass over to distant regions, and examine the face of nature from one extremity of the earth to the other!
Seite 268 - He enumerated many examples of heroes immovable by pain or pleasure, who looked with indifference on those modes or accidents to which the vulgar give the names of good and evil.
Seite 63 - Implored your highness' pardon and set forth A deep repentance: nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death, To throw away the dearest thing he owed As 'twere a careless trifle.
Seite 257 - Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified: no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower of the valley. I observed with equal care the crags of the rock and the pinnacles of the palace. Sometimes I wandered along the mazes of the rivulet, and sometimes watched the changes of the summer clouds.
Seite 236 - ... beasts of prey by the mountains which confined them. On one part were flocks and herds feeding in the...