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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... subject which is come down to us , that we need not trouble ourfelves with a diftinction which affords us no folid fatisfaction . Plautus and Terence , the only authors of whom we are in poffef- fion , give us a fuller notion of the ...
... subject which is come down to us , that we need not trouble ourfelves with a diftinction which affords us no folid fatisfaction . Plautus and Terence , the only authors of whom we are in poffef- fion , give us a fuller notion of the ...
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... subject than hiftory , and poetry yet more than oratory . Our times , therefore , fhew more regard to Herodotus and Suetonius , than to Demofthenes and Cicero , and more to all these than to Homer or Virgil . Of this prejudice , there ...
... subject than hiftory , and poetry yet more than oratory . Our times , therefore , fhew more regard to Herodotus and Suetonius , than to Demofthenes and Cicero , and more to all these than to Homer or Virgil . Of this prejudice , there ...
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... long cuftom gave up one to the ca- prices of the poets , without fuppofing the other * See St. Paul upon the subject of the Ignoto Dea . F 4 affected affected by them . This being once fettled the upon BRUMOY'S GREEK THEATRE . 71.
... long cuftom gave up one to the ca- prices of the poets , without fuppofing the other * See St. Paul upon the subject of the Ignoto Dea . F 4 affected affected by them . This being once fettled the upon BRUMOY'S GREEK THEATRE . 71.
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... subject of the " ftocks ; that for his part he did not pretend to be " well acquainted with the principles on which they " were established , but had always heard them reckoned pernicious to trade , uncertain in their produce , and ...
... subject of the " ftocks ; that for his part he did not pretend to be " well acquainted with the principles on which they " were established , but had always heard them reckoned pernicious to trade , uncertain in their produce , and ...
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... subject of the fong . The feventh exhibits another conteft of the tune- ful fhepherds and , furely , it is not without fome reproach to his inventive power , that of ten paf- torals Virgil has written two upon the fame plan . One of the ...
... subject of the fong . The feventh exhibits another conteft of the tune- ful fhepherds and , furely , it is not without fome reproach to his inventive power , that of ten paf- torals Virgil has written two upon the fame plan . One of the ...
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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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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 338 - the choice of life is become less important; I hope hereafter to think only on the choice of eternity.
Page 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!
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 236 - ... beasts of prey by the mountains which confined them. On one part were flocks and herds feeding in the...