 | 1765 - 600 pages
...obfervation will always find. His perfons act and fpeak by the influence of thofe general paflions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and...character 'is too often an individual ; in thofe of Shakeipeare it is commonly a fpecies. * It is from this wide extenfion of defign that fo much inftru&ion... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 pages
...and obfervation will always find. His perfons ad and fpeak by the influence of chofe general pafllons and principles by which all minds are agitated, and...contin.ued in motion. In the writings of other poets a chara<5ter is too often an individual ; in thole of Shakefpeare it is commonly a fpecies. It is from... | |
 | Several Hands - 1765 - 624 pages
...influence of thofe general panions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole iyftem of life is continued in motion. In the writings of other poets a charaner is too often an individual ; in thofe of Shakefpeare it is commonly a fpecies. ' It is from... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 pages
...genuine progeny of common humanity, fuch as the world will always fupply, and obfervation will always find. His perfons act and fpeak by the influence of...character is too often an. individual; in thofe of Sbakefpeare it is commonly a fpecies. It is from this wide extenfion of defign that fo much inftruction... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 pages
...obfervation will always find. His perfons adl and fpeak by the influence of thofe general pafilons and principles by which all minds are agitated, and...other poets a character is too often an individual j in thofe of Shakefpeare it is commonly a fpecies. It is from this wide extenfion of defign that fo... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...Influence of thofe general Paffions and Principles by which all Minds are agitated, and the whole Syftem, of Life is continued in Motion. In the Writings of...Character is too often an Individual ; in thofe of Shakefpcare it is commonly a Species. It is from this wide Extenfion of Defign that fo much Inftruclion... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...Influence of thofe general Paffions and Principles by which all Mmds are agitated, and the whole Syftem of Life is continued in Motion. In the Writings of...Character is too often an Individual ; in thofe of Shakefpeare it is commonly a Species. It is from this wide Extenfion of Defign that fo much Inftruction... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1778 - 748 pages
...writings of other poets a character is too often ari individual j t individual; in thofe of Shakefpeare it is commonly a fpecies. It is from this wide extenfion of defign that fo' much inftruftion is derived. It is this which fills the plays of Shakefpeare with practical axioms and dometlick... | |
 | George Colman - 1787 - 338 pages
...always find. His perfons acl and fpeak by the influence of thofe general paffions and principles ciples by which all minds are agitated, and the whole fyftem...character is too often an individual ; in thofe of Shakefpeare it is commonly a fpecies." Having given fome further illuftration of this argument, the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 504 pages
...in motion. In writings of other poets a character is too often individual ; in thofe of Sbakefpeare it is commonly a fpecies. It is from this wide extenfion...inftruction is derived. It is this which fills the plays of Sbakefpeare with practical axioms and domeftick wifdom. It was faid of Euripides, that every verfe... | |
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