 I do not however think it safe to judge of works of genius merely by the event. The resistless vicissitudes of the heart, this alternate prevalence of merriment and solemnity, may sometimes be more properly ascribed to the vigour of the writer than the...  Conclusion of the Rambler - Página 87por Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1785 - 596 páginas
...no plays have oftener filled the eye with tears, and the breaft with palpitation, than thofe which are variegated with interludes of mirth ? ^ I do not however think it fafe to judge of works of genius merely by the event. The refiftlefs vicilfitudes of the heart, the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 416 páginas
...no plays have oftener filled the eye with tears, and the breaft with palpitation, than thofe which are variegated with interludes of mirth ? I do not however think it fafe to judge of works of genius merely by the event. The refiftlefs viciffitudes of the heart, this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 422 páginas
...no plays have oftener filled the eye with tears, and the breaft with palpitation, than thofe which are variegated with interludes of mirth ? I do not however think it fafe to judge of works of genius merely by the event. The refiftlefs viciffitudes of the heart, this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 páginas
...no plays have oftener filled the eye with tears, and the breaft with palpitation, than thofe which are variegated with interludes of mirth ? I do not however think it fafe to judge of works of genius merely by the event. The refiftlefs viciffitudes of the heart, this... | |
 | 1801 - 344 páginas
...no plays have oftener filled the eye with tears, and the breaft with palpitation, than thofe which are variegated with interludes of mirth ? I do not however think it fafe to judge of works of genius merely by the event. The refiftlefs vieiffitudes of the heart, this... | |
 | 1803 - 296 páginas
...no plays have oftener filled the eye with tears, and the breast with palpitation, than those which are variegated with interludes of mirth ? I do not...vigour of the writer, than the justness of the design : aud instead of vindicating tragicomedy, by the success of Shakspeare, we ought perhaps to pay new... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 354 páginas
...no plays have oftener filled the eye with tears, and the breast with palpitation, than those which are variegated with interludes of mirth ? I do not...properly ascribed to the vigour of the writer than the ;ustness of the design : and, instead of vindicating tragi-comedy by the success of Shakespeare, we... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 334 páginas
...that no plays haveoftener filled the eye with tears, and the breast with palpitation, than those which are variegated with interludes of mirth ? I do not...instead of vindicating tragi-comedy by the success of Shakspcare, we ought perhaps to pay new honours to that transcendent and unbounded genius that could... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 370 páginas
...no plays have oftener filled the eye with tears, and the breast with palpitation, than those which are variegated with interludes of mirth ? I do not however think it safe to judge of works ef genius merely by the event. The resistless vicissitudes of the heart, this alternate prevalence... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 420 páginas
...no plays have oftener filled the eye with tears, and the breast with palpitation, than those which are variegated with interludes of mirth? I do not...writer than the justness of the design: and, instead of vindi^ eating tragi-comedy by the success of Shakespeare, we ought, perhaps, to pay new honours to... | |
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