 ... poetry. This reasoning is so specious that it is received as true even by those who in daily experience feel it to be false. The interchanges of mingled scenes seldom fail to produce the intended vicissitudes of passion. Fiction cannot move so much...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Page 86by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Several Hands - 1765 - 624 pages
...yet let it be confidered likewife, that melancholy is often not pleafing, and that the difturbance of one man may be the relief of another ; that different auditors have different habitudes ; and that, upon the whole, all pleafure confins i n. variety.' We do not feel the force of this reafoning... | |
 | 1765 - 600 pages
...yet let it be confidered likewife, that melancholy is often not pleafing, and that the diilurbaoce of one man may be the relief of another ; that different auditors have different habitudes , and that, upon the whole, all pleafure confifts in variety.' We do not feel the force of this reafoning... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 pages
...yet let it be confidered likewife, that melancholy is often not pleafing, and that the difturbance of one man may be the relief of another ; that different auditors have different habitudes; and that, upon the whole, all pleafure confifts in variety. The players, who in their edition divided... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 pages
...yet let it be confidered likewife, that melancholy is often not pleating, and that the difturbance of one man may be the relief of another; that different auditors have different habitudes; and that, upon the whole, all pleafure confifts in variety. The players, who in their edition divided... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 pages
...yet let it be confidered likewife, that melancholy is often not pleafing, and that the difturbance of one man .may be the relief of another; that different auditors have different habitudes •, and that, upon the whole, all pleafure confifts in variety. The players, who in their edition... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 412 pages
...interrupted by unwelcome Levity; yet let it be confidered likewife, that Melancholy is often not pleafing, and that the Disturbance of one Man may be the Relief...; that different Auditors have different Habitudes ; and that, .upon the Whole, all Pleafure confifts in Variety. The Players, who in their Edition divided... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...yet let it be confidered likewife, that Melancholy is often not pleafing, and that the Difturbance •of one Man may be the Relief of another ; that different Auditors have different Habitudes ; and that, .upon the Whole, all Pleafure confifts in Variety. The Players, who in their Edition divided... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...yet let it be confidered likewife, that Melancholy is often not pleating, and that the Diflurbance of one Man may be the Relief of another ; that different Auditors have different Habitudes ; and that, upon the Whole, all Pleafure confifls in Variety. The Players, who in their Edition divided... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 pages
...be confidered likewife, that melancholy is ofien not pleafing, and that the difturbance of one m~n may be the relief of another; that different auditors have different habitudes ; and that, imon the whole, all pleafure confifts in variety. The players, who in their edition divided... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...interchanges of mingled scenes seldom fail to produce the intended vicissitudes of passion. Fiftion cannot move so much, but that the attention may be...; that different auditors have different habitudes ; and that, upon the whole,' all pleasure consists in variety. The players, who in their edition divided... | |
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