The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.G. Walker ... [and 9 others], 1820 |
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... observe , that posterity will not consider Racine as less a master of the French stage because his plays were ridiculed by parodies . Parody always fixes upon the best pieces , and was more to the taste of the Greeks than to ours . At ...
... observe , that posterity will not consider Racine as less a master of the French stage because his plays were ridiculed by parodies . Parody always fixes upon the best pieces , and was more to the taste of the Greeks than to ours . At ...
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... they are not fit to be imitated by others ; though in those who first invented them they may be justly esteemed , and in them only . MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS ON THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH : WITH REMARKS 80 GENERAL CONCLUSION , & c .
... they are not fit to be imitated by others ; though in those who first invented them they may be justly esteemed , and in them only . MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS ON THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH : WITH REMARKS 80 GENERAL CONCLUSION , & c .
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... Observations , & c . on Shakespeare , ( if you except some critical notes on Macbeth , given as a specimen " of a projected edition , and written as appears by a man of parts " and genius ) the rest are absolutely below a serious notice ...
... Observations , & c . on Shakespeare , ( if you except some critical notes on Macbeth , given as a specimen " of a projected edition , and written as appears by a man of parts " and genius ) the rest are absolutely below a serious notice ...
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... phantoms have indeed appeared more frequently , in proportion as the darkness of ignorance has been more gross ; but it cannot be shewn , that The the brightest gleams of knowledge have at any time 82 OBSERVATIONS ON THE.
... phantoms have indeed appeared more frequently , in proportion as the darkness of ignorance has been more gross ; but it cannot be shewn , that The the brightest gleams of knowledge have at any time 82 OBSERVATIONS ON THE.
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... only examined in person a woman ac- cused of witchcraft , but had given a very formal ac- count of the practices and illusions of evil spirits , the compacts of witches , the ceremonies used by them , 84 OBSERVATIONS ON THE.
... only examined in person a woman ac- cused of witchcraft , but had given a very formal ac- count of the practices and illusions of evil spirits , the compacts of witches , the ceremonies used by them , 84 OBSERVATIONS ON THE.
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Seite 98 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty...
Seite 130 - She should have died hereafter ; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Seite 299 - YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope ; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow ; attend to the history of Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia.
Seite 329 - But the knowledge of nature is only half the task of a poet; he must be acquainted likewise with all the modes of life. His character requires that he estimate the happiness and misery of every condition; observe the power of all the passions in all their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind as they are modified by various institutions and accidental influences of climate or custom, from the spriteliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude.
Seite 149 - Just in the gate, and in the jaws of hell, Revengeful Cares and sullen Sorrows dwell, And pale Diseases, and repining Age, Want, Fear, and Famine's unresisted rage; Here Toils, and Death, and Death's half-brother, Sleep, (Forms terrible to view) their sentry keep; With anxious Pleasures of a guilty mind, Deep Frauds before, and open Force behind; The Furies' iron beds; and Strife, that shakes Her hissing tresses, and unfolds her snakes.
Seite 353 - I have found, said the prince, at his return to Imlac, a man who can teach all that is necessary to be known, who, from the unshaken throne of rational fortitude, looks down on the scenes of life changing beneath him. He speaks, and attention watches his lips. He reasons, and conviction closes his periods. This man shall be my future guide: I will learn his doctrines, and imitate his life." "Be not too hasty, said Imlac, to trust, or to admire, the teachers of morality: they discourse like angels,...
Seite 98 - 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 360 - ... sometimes ashamed to think that I could not secure myself from vice, but by retiring from the exercise of virtue, and begin to suspect that I was rather impelled by resentment than led by devotion into solitude. My fancy riots in scenes of folly, and I lament that I have lost so much, and have gained so little. In solitude, if I escape the example of bad men, I want likewise the counsel and conversation of the good. I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of society, and resolve...
Seite 121 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Seite 442 - The prince desired a little kingdom, in which he might administer justice in his own person, and see all the parts of government with his own eyes ; but he could never fix the limits of his dominion, and was always adding to the number of his subjects. Imlac and the astronomer were contented to be driven along the stream of life without directing their course to any particular port.