 Penitent, his next production (1703), is one of the most pleasing tragedies on the stage, where it still keeps its turns of appearing, and probably will long keep them, for there is scarcely any work of any poet at once so interesting by the fable, and...  Biographia Dramatica: Names of dramas: A-L - Page 212by David Erskine Baker - 1812Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...pleasing tragedies on the stage, where it still keeps its turn of appearing, and probably will long keep them, for there is scarcely any work of any poet at...fable and so delightful by the language. The story is domestick, and therefore easily received by the imagination, and assimilated to common • Sewell in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pages
...poet, at once, so interesting by the fable and so delightful by the language. The story is domestick, and, therefore, easily received by the imagination,...harmonious, and soft or sprightly as occasion requires. The character of Lothario seems to have been expanded by Richardson into Lovelace ; but he has excelled... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...poet, at once, so interesting by the fable and so delightful by the language. The story is domestick, and, therefore, easily received by the imagination,...harmonious, and soft or sprightly as occasion requires. The character of Lothario seems to have been expanded by Richardson into Lovelace ; but he has excelled... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 pages
...pleasing tragedies .on the stage, where it still keeps its turns of appearing, and probably will long keep them, for there is scarcely any work of any poet at...life ; the diction is exquisitely harmonious, and eoft or sprightly as occasion ^quires. The character of Lothario seems to have been expanded by Richardson... | |
 | Owen Williams - 1828 - 912 pages
...singe, where it still keeps ib turne of appearing, and probably will long keep them ; for there in I very near succeeding. The instant they are SCENE...lJ put inlo my possession, you shall find me read Tho story is domestic, and therefore easily received by the imagination, and nssîmilaled to common... | |
 | 1831 - 232 pages
...tbe stage, where it still keeps it's turns of appearing, and, probably, will long keep them, since there is scarcely any work of any poet, at once so interesting in the fable, and so delightful in the language." This drama seems to have been produced at Drury-lane... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 pages
...pleasing tragedies on the stage, where it still keeps its turns of appearing, and probably will long keep them, for there is scarcely any work of any poet at...therefore easily received by the imagination, and l similatcd to common life ; the diction is < quisitely harmonious, and soft or sprightly as occasion... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...pleasing tragedies on the stage, where it still keeps its turns of appearing, and probably will long keep = ¸ ? ܻ ̓ > 邀 C...D Y "8 1837 G. Dearborn"# Johnson Samuel" Samuel Johnson( requiries. The character of Lothario seems to have been expanded by Richardson into Lovelace j but... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 pages
...pleasing tragedies on the stage, where it still keeps its turns of appearing, and probably will long keep them, for there is scarcely any work of any poet at...interesting by the fable, and so delightful by the lansuage. The story is domestic, and therefore easily received by the imagination, and assimilated... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 pages
...pleasing tragedies on the stage, where it still keeps its turns of appearing, and probably will long keep them, for there is scarcely any work of any poet at...harmonious, and soft or sprightly as occasion requires. The character of Lothario seems to have been expanded by Richardson into Lovelace ; but he has excelled... | |
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