 But love is only one of many passions; and as it has no great influence upon the sum of life, it has little operation in the dramas of a poet who caught his ideas from the living world, and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew that any other...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 324by Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 687 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Swinton - 1882 - 686 pages
...retarded. But love is only one of many passions ; and as it'has no great influence upon the sum of life,-it has little operation in the dramas of a poet who caught...world, and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity.... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 pages
...is love, by whose power all good and evil are distributed, and every action quickened or retarded. But love is only one of many passions ; and as it...world, and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity.... | |
 | William Swinton - 1887 - 686 pages
...is love, by whose power all good and evil are distributed, and even- action quickened or retarded. But love is only one of many passions ; and as it...caught his ideas from the living world, and exhibited onlv what he saw before him. , He . . ,**i*., v**mfnt knew that any other passion, as it was regular... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 502 pages
...distressed ; to deliver them as nothing human ever was delivered, is the business of a modern dramatist. For this probability is violated, life is misrepresented,...living world and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity.... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 pages
...love, by whose power all good and evil are distributed, and 15 every action quickened or retarded. But love is only one of many passions; and as it has...world, and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew that 20 any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity.... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 pages
...love, by whose power all good and evil are distributed, and 15 every action quickened or retarded. But love is only one of many passions; and as it has...world, and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew that 20 any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity.... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 450 pages
...distressed ; to deliver them as nothing human ever was delivered, is the business of a modern dramatist. For this, probability is violated, life is misrepresented,...world, and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity.... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 434 pages
...distressed ; to deliver them as nothing human ever was delivered, is the business of a modern dramatist. For this, probability is violated, life is misrepresented,...world, and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity.... | |
 | 1909 - 498 pages
...distressed ; to deliver them as nothing human ever was delivered; is the business of a modern dramatist. For this probability is violated, life is misrepresented,...world, and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew, that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1908 - 256 pages
...misrepresented, and language K is depraved. But love is^only one of many passions ; and as it ha.sjio great influence upon the sum of life, it has little...world, and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew, that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity.... | |
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