 | Several Hands - 1781 - 588 pages
...plays mull always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with uinveri.il conviction, that the peril!:.! of his works will make no man better; and that their...reprefent pleafure in alliance with vice, and to relax dit/fe obligations by wLich life ought to be regulated. ' The ftage found other advocates, and the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...Congreve, and of Congreve he says : ' It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better ; and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...Congreve, and of Congreve he says : ' It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better; and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 pages
...his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better, and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better, and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...always be c< ndemned. It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal of his warks will make no man better; and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 536 pages
...paflages, the general tenour and tendency of his plays muft always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with univerfal conviction, that the perufal of his...better ; and that their ultimate effect is to reprefent pleafttre in: alliance with vice, and to relax thofe obligations by which life ought to be regulated.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1803 - 496 pages
...acknowledged, when speaking of certainly not the worst dramatic writer of his age, "that the perusal of his works will make no man better ; and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 428 pages
...paffages, the general tenour and tendency of his plays muft always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with univerfal conviction, that the perufal of his works will make no mart better ; and that their ultimate effect is to reprefent pleafure in alliance with vice, and to... | |
 | John Styles - 1807 - 216 pages
...dramaticpieces of the present day—" It is acknowledged with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better, and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax Co 9 those obligations by which life ought to... | |
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The cause of Congreve was not tenable; whatever glosses he might use for the defence or palliation of single passages, the general tenour and tendency of his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal... 
