 ... find. His persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual;...  Philological tracts, &c - Side 136af Samuel Johnson - 1823Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 412 sider
...in thofe of Shakefpeare it is commonly a Species. It is from this wide Extenfion of Defign that fo much Instruction is derived. It is this which fills the Plays of Shakefpeare with practical Axioms and domeftick Wifdom. It was faid of Euripides, that every Verfe... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 sider
...other poets a character is too often an individual; in those of Shakspeare it is commonly a species. It is from this wide extension of design that so much...instruction is derived. It is this which fills the plays of Shakspeare with practical axioms and domestick wisdom. It was said of Euripides, that every verse was... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 sider
...an individual ; in those of Shakespeare, it is commonly a species. " It is from this wide extention of design, that so much instruction is derived. It is this which 6lls the plays of Shakespeare with practical axioms, and domestic wisdom. It was said of Euripides,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 sider
...poets, a character is too often an individual : in those of Shakespeare, it is commonly a species. It is from this wide extension of design that so much...from his works may be collected a system of civil and oeconomical prudence. Yet his real power is not shewn in the splendor of particular passages, but by... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 sider
...other poets a character is too often an individual ; in those of Shakspeare it is commonly a species. It is from this wide extension of design that so much...instruction is derived. It is this which fills the plays of Shakspeare with practical axioms and domestic wisdom. It was said of Euripides, that every verse was... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 sider
...other poets a character is too often an individual ; in those of Shakspeare it is commonly a species. It is from this wide extension of design that so much...instruction is derived. It is this which fills the plays of Shakspeare with practical axioms and domestic wisdom. It was said of Euripides, that every verse was... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 sider
...other poets a character is too often an indi\idual; in those of Shakspeare it is commonly a species. It is from this wide extension of design that so much...instruction is derived. It is this which fills the plays of Shakspeare with practical axioms and domestick wisdom. It was said of Euripides, that every verse was... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 sider
...other poets a character is too often an individual; in those of Shakspeare it is commonly a species. It is from this wide extension of design that so much...instruction is derived. It is this which fills the piays of Shakspeare with practical axioms and domestirk wisdom. .It was said of Euripides, that every... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 sider
...poets a character racter is too often an individual : in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species. It is from this wide extension of design that so much...from his works may be collected a system of civil and oeconomical prudence. Yet his real power is not shown in the splendour of particular passages, but... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 sider
...other poets a character is too often an individual ; in those of Shakspeare it is commonly a species. It is from this wide extension of design that so •much...instruction is derived. It is this which fills the plays of Shakspeare with practical axioms and domestick wisdom. It was said of Euripides, that every verse was... | |
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