 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 450 pages
...kept the favour of his countrymen. Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature. Particular manners can be known...delight awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest ; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 676 pages
...the favour of his countrymen. Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations ot general nature. Particular manners can be known to...delight awhile, by that novelty of. which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest ; the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 350 pages
...kept the favour of his countrymen. Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature. Particular manners can be known...delight awhile, by that novelty, of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest ; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 526 pages
...kept the favour of his countrymen. Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature. Particular manners can be known...delight awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us alt in quest ; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are sooi> exhausted, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 484 pages
...kept the favour of his countrymen. Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature. Particular manners can be known...delight awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest ; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 432 pages
.../'Nothing can please many, and please long, but ] just representations of general nature. Particular f manners can be known to few, and therefore few only...delight awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest; but the pleaswe^of^udden_wonder are soon exhausted, and y the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 pages
...kept the favour of his countrymen. Nothing can please many and please long, but just representations took from English chronicles and English ballads;...some of Plutarch's lives into plays, when they hud b satiety of life sends us all in quest; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and (he... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...kept the favour of his countrymen. Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature. Particular manners can be known...delight awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest ; the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...kept the favour of his countrymen. Nothiug can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature. Particular manners can be known...delight awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pages
...by what peculiarities of excellence Shakspeare has gained and kept the favour of his countrymen. arc copied. The irregular combinations of fanciful invention...delight awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life send» us all in quest; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and... | |
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Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature. Particular manners can be known to few, and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied. The irregular combinations of fanciful invention may delight awhile,... 
