The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Nichols and Son, 1801 |
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... as well as one of France . It is otherwife with mere works of genius , they depend upon their subjects , and confequently upon the characters and the practices of the times in which they were written D2 the GREEK 35 COMEDY .
... as well as one of France . It is otherwife with mere works of genius , they depend upon their subjects , and confequently upon the characters and the practices of the times in which they were written D2 the GREEK 35 COMEDY .
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... subjects of their paintings are more examined than the art . Thus comparing the Achilles and Hippolytus of Euripides , with thofe of Racine , we drive them off the fstage , without confidering that Racine's heroes will be driven . off ...
... subjects of their paintings are more examined than the art . Thus comparing the Achilles and Hippolytus of Euripides , with thofe of Racine , we drive them off the fstage , without confidering that Racine's heroes will be driven . off ...
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... subject to the fame degree of flavery , because the ends of the two fpecies of poetry are different . For this reafon , if we fuppofe that in all ages there are criticks who meafure every thing by the fame rule , it will follow , that ...
... subject to the fame degree of flavery , because the ends of the two fpecies of poetry are different . For this reafon , if we fuppofe that in all ages there are criticks who meafure every thing by the fame rule , it will follow , that ...
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... subject as the Roman commonwealth ; but the Athenian eloquence was informed of the whole fecret , and fearches the receffes of the human mind , to fetch it out and expose it to the people . Demofthenes , and his contemporaries , fpeak ...
... subject as the Roman commonwealth ; but the Athenian eloquence was informed of the whole fecret , and fearches the receffes of the human mind , to fetch it out and expose it to the people . Demofthenes , and his contemporaries , fpeak ...
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... subject of his mer- riment , and that merriment is allowed by the state it- felf . This appears to us an inconfiftency ; but it is true that it was the intereft of the ftate to allow it , though not always without inconveniency . It was ...
... subject of his mer- riment , and that merriment is allowed by the state it- felf . This appears to us an inconfiftency ; but it is true that it was the intereft of the ftate to allow it , though not always without inconveniency . It was ...
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Página 100 - 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.
Página 411 - ... by my direction ; the clouds, at my call, have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervours of the crab. The winds alone, of all the elemental powers, have hitherto refused my authority, and multitudes have perished by equinoctial tempests which I found myself unable to prohibit or restrain.
Página 116 - It will have blood ; they say, blood will have blood : Stones have been known to move, and trees to speak ; Augurs, and understood relations, have By magot-pies, and choughs, and rooks, brought forth The secret'st man of blood.
Página 107 - Put rancours in the vessel of my peace Only for them ; and mine eternal jewel Given to the common enemy of man, To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings...
Página 302 - The intermediate hours are tedious and gloomy ; I long again to be hungry, that I may again quicken my attention. The birds peck the berries or the corn, and fly away to the groves, where they sit in seeming happiness on the branches, and waste their lives in tuning one unvaried series of sounds.
Página 95 - 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 326 - 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.
Página 315 - But what would be the security of the good if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? Against an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls nor mountains nor seas could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them.
Página 311 - ... powers, who had contrived many engines both of use and recreation. By a wheel, which the stream turned, he forced the water into a tower, whence it was distributed to all the apartments of the palace. He erected a pavilion in the garden, around which he kept the air always cool by artificial showers.
Página 436 - the choice of life is become less important; I hope hereafter to think only on the choice of eternity.