 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...  Works - Page 176by Samuel Johnson - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Several Hands - 1781 - 588 pages
...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 ultimate effect is, to reprefent pleafure in alliance with vice, and to relax dit/fe obligations by wLich life ought to be... | |
 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 276 pages
...muft always be condemned. It is .acknowledged, with uni. verfal conviction, that the perufal of his works will make no man better; and ; that their ultimate effect is to. reprefent pleafure; in alliance with vice, and to relax thofe obligations by .which life , ought to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 278 pages
...plays muft always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with univerfal conviction, that the perufal of his works will make no man better; and that their ultimate effect is to reprefent .pleafure in alliance with vice, and to relax thofe obligations by which life ought to be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 602 pages
...plays muft always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with univerfal conviction, that the perufal of his works will make no man better; and that their ultimate effect is to reprefent pleafure in alliance with vice, and to relax thofe obligations by which life ought to be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 pages
...plays muft always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with univerfal conviction, that the perufal of his works will make no man better; and that their ultimate effect is to reprefent pleafure in alliance with vice, and to relax thofe obligations by which life ought to be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...plays muft always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with univerfal conviction, that the perufal of his works will make no man better; and that their ultimate effect is to reprefent pleafure in alliance with vice, and to relax thofe obligations by which life ought to be... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...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...obligations by which life ought to be regulated.' Ib. viii. 28. He would not quote Dr. Clarke, much as he admired him, because he was not sound upon... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...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...obligations by which life ought to be regulated.' Ib. viii. 28. He would not quote Dr. Clarke, much as he admired him, because he was not sound upon... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...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...modest, and Collier lived to see the reward of his labours in the reformation of the theatre." thoughts, and took all the liberties both of numbers and... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...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...modest, and Collier lived to see the reward of his labours in the reformation of the theatre." thoughts, and took all the liberties both of numbers and... | |
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