The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: A dissertation upon the Greek comedy, translated from Brumoy. General conclusion to Brumoy's Greek theatre. Miscellaneous observations on the tragedy of Macbeth. Adventurer. History of Rasselas, prince of AbissiniaT. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J Johnson, C. Dilly, T. Vernor, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, N. Conant, P. Elmsly, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Goldsmith, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby, G. Nicol, J. Murray, A. Strahan, W. Lowndes, T. Evans, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, T. and J. Egerton, W. Fox, P. M.'Queen, Ogilvie and Speale, Darton and Harvey, G. and C. Kearsley, W. Millar, B. C. Collins, and E. Newbery., 1792 |
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... laft was reftrained by a law . For the government , which was before fhared . by all the inhabitants , was now confined to a fettled number of citizens . It was ordered , that no man's name fhould be mentioned on the ftage ; but poe ...
... laft was reftrained by a law . For the government , which was before fhared . by all the inhabitants , was now confined to a fettled number of citizens . It was ordered , that no man's name fhould be mentioned on the ftage ; but poe ...
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... laft fpecies of the Greek , hath never- theless its different ages , according as its authors were rough or polished . The pieces of Livius An- dronicus , more ancient and lefs refined than those of the writers who learned the art from ...
... laft fpecies of the Greek , hath never- theless its different ages , according as its authors were rough or polished . The pieces of Livius An- dronicus , more ancient and lefs refined than those of the writers who learned the art from ...
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... laft fpecies was named Tabernaria , from the tunic , or the common dress of the people , or rather from the mean houfes which were painted on the scene . There is no need of mentioning the farces , which took their name and original ...
... laft fpecies was named Tabernaria , from the tunic , or the common dress of the people , or rather from the mean houfes which were painted on the scene . There is no need of mentioning the farces , which took their name and original ...
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... laft fuffered by the force of time . The Mufe of Moliere has almoft made both of them for- gotten , and would ftill be walking the ftage , if the de- fire of novelty did not in time make us weary of that which we have too frequently ...
... laft fuffered by the force of time . The Mufe of Moliere has almoft made both of them for- gotten , and would ftill be walking the ftage , if the de- fire of novelty did not in time make us weary of that which we have too frequently ...
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... laft must be accompanied with the delicate laughter of the court , and that of the city fomewhat more coarse , and neither the one nor the other can be feparated from her . The Mule of Aristophanes and of Plautus can never be de- nied ...
... laft must be accompanied with the delicate laughter of the court , and that of the city fomewhat more coarse , and neither the one nor the other can be feparated from her . The Mule of Aristophanes and of Plautus can never be de- nied ...
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Page 64 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
Page 56 - Thus thou must do, if thou have it"; And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Page 240 - Man surely has some latent sense for which this place affords no gratification, or he has some desires distinct from sense which must be satisfied before he can be happy.
Page 327 - The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty cannot bestow.
Page 338 - the choice of life is become less important; I hope hereafter to think only on the choice of eternity.
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Page 268 - He enumerated many examples of heroes immovable by pain or pleasure, who looked with indifference on those modes or accidents to which the vulgar give the names of good and evil.
Page 63 - Implored your highness' pardon and set forth A deep repentance: nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death, To throw away the dearest thing he owed As 'twere a careless trifle.
Page 257 - Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified: no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower of the valley. I observed with equal care the crags of the rock and the pinnacles of the palace. Sometimes I wandered along the mazes of the rivulet, and sometimes watched the changes of the summer clouds.
Page 236 - ... beasts of prey by the mountains which confined them. On one part were flocks and herds feeding in the...