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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... most esteemed by the Athenians and the wifer Greeks * , particularly by Socrates , who fet no value upon comedy or comic actors . But the very name of that drama , which in polite ages , and above all others in our own , has been so ...
... most esteemed by the Athenians and the wifer Greeks * , particularly by Socrates , who fet no value upon comedy or comic actors . But the very name of that drama , which in polite ages , and above all others in our own , has been so ...
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... most efteemed by the Athenians and the wiser Greeks * , particularly by Socrates , who fet no value upon comedy or comic actors . But the very name of that drama , which in polite ages , and above all others in our own , has been fo ...
... most efteemed by the Athenians and the wiser Greeks * , particularly by Socrates , who fet no value upon comedy or comic actors . But the very name of that drama , which in polite ages , and above all others in our own , has been fo ...
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... most esteemed by the Athenians and the wiser Greeks * , particularly by Socrates , who fet no value upon comedy or comic actors . But the very name of that drama , which in polite ages , and above all others in our own , has been fo ...
... most esteemed by the Athenians and the wiser Greeks * , particularly by Socrates , who fet no value upon comedy or comic actors . But the very name of that drama , which in polite ages , and above all others in our own , has been fo ...
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... have had the fame fate ; their fpirit has evaporated by time , and have left nothing to us but infipidity . * Madame Dacier , M. Boivin . None None but the most biting paffages have preserved their points 4 A DISSERTATION ON THE.
... have had the fame fate ; their fpirit has evaporated by time , and have left nothing to us but infipidity . * Madame Dacier , M. Boivin . None None but the most biting paffages have preserved their points 4 A DISSERTATION ON THE.
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Samuel Johnson. None but the most biting paffages have preserved their points unblunted . But , befides this objection , which extends univer- fally to all translations of Ariftophanes , and many al- lufions of which time has deprived us ...
Samuel Johnson. None but the most biting paffages have preserved their points unblunted . But , befides this objection , which extends univer- fally to all translations of Ariftophanes , and many al- lufions of which time has deprived us ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 338 - the choice of life is become less important; I hope hereafter to think only on the choice of eternity.
Página 250 - Nile through all his passage; pass over to distant regions, and examine the face of nature from one extremity of the earth to the other!
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 236 - ... beasts of prey by the mountains which confined them. On one part were flocks and herds feeding in the...