 A play in which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the common events of human life : but since all reasonable beings naturally love justice, I cannot easily be persuaded, that the...  The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare - Page 545by William Shakespeare - 1826Full view - About this book
 | 1833 - 1034 pages
...heretic. " A play," quoth he, " in which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...present case, the public has decided. Cordelia, from the time of Tate, has always retired with victory and felicity. And if my sensations could add any... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...decry poetical justice. A play iu which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless is proved, my lady Hero hath been falsely accused,...Claudio mightily abus'd; and Don John is the author of 1 cannot easily be persuaded, that the observation of justice makes a play worse; or, that if other... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 534 pages
...decry poetical justice. A play in which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...of justice makes a play worse ; or that, if other excellences are equal, the audience will not always rise better pleased from the final triumph of persecuted... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 522 pages
...deery poetical justice. A plav in which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...naturally love justice, I cannot easily be persuaded, thai the observation of justice makes a play worse ; or that, if other excellencies are equal, the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 536 pages
...decry poetical justice. A play in which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...naturally love justice, I cannot easily be persuaded that tho observation of justice makes a play worse ; or that, if other excellences are equal, the audience... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 312 pages
...decry poetical justice. A play, in which the wicked prosper and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...of justice makes a play worse ; or, that if other excellences are equal, the audience will not always rise better pleased from the final triumph of persecuted... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1842 - 340 pages
...decry poetical justice. A play, in which the wicked prosper and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...of justice makes a play worse ; or, that if other excellences are equal, thn audience will not always rise better pleased from the final triumph of persecuted... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 554 pages
...decry poetical justice. A play in which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...better pleased from the final triumph of persecuted \irtue. In the preseut case the publick has decided *. Cordelia, from the time of Tate, has always... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 872 pages
...virtuous miscarry, mav doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the common events of on excellences are equal, the audience will not always rise better pleased from the final triumph of persecuted... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 532 pages
...decry poetical justice. A play in which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...of justice makes a play worse ; or that, if other excellences are equal, the audience will not always rise better pleased from the final triumph of persecuted... | |
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