 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
 | Eithne Henson - 1992 - 264 pages
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 | Brian Vickers - 1995 - 585 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...triumph of persecuted virtue. In the present case the publick has decided. Cordelia, from the time of Tate, has always retired with victory and felicity.... | |
 | Jean I. Marsden - 1995 - 214 pages
...his note on King Lear. "A play in which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...pleased from the final triumph of persecuted virtue" (704). Here, Johnson admits that just events are not always realistic but cannot reconcile himself... | |
 | Laura Quinney - 1995 - 214 pages
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 | Susan Bruce - 1998 - 196 pages
...[see Addison above]. ... A play in which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...triumph of persecuted virtue. In the present case the publick has decided. Cordelia, from the time of Tate, has always retired with victory and felicity.... | |
 | Luis Rene Gámez - 1999 - 190 pages
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 | Jürgen Schlaeger - 1999 - 188 pages
...and about just endings: A play in which the wicked prosper and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...pleased from the final triumph of persecuted virtue. Further, however, the death of Cordelia is also "contrary [...] to the hope of the reader," as that... | |
 | Susan Bruce - 1998 - 196 pages
...[see Addison above]. ... A play in which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...if other excellencies are equal, the audience will noi always rise better pleased from the final triumph of persecuted virtue. In the present case the... | |
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