 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 páginas
...another claimant. The choice is right, when there is reason for choice. Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters,...invigorated the reader by a giant and a dwarf; and he th&t should form his expectations of human affairs from the play, or from the tale, would be equally... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 500 páginas
...expectations of human affairs from the play, or from the tale, would be equally deceived. Shakespeare has no heroes ; his scenes are occupied only by men, who act and speak as the reader thinks that he should.himself have spoken or acted on the same occasion: even where the agency is supernatural, the... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 páginas
...diligent selection out of common conversation, and common occurrences. Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters,...by a giant and a dwarf; and he that should form his expectations of human affairs from the play, or from the tale, would be equally deceived. Shakspeare... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 798 páginas
...perhaps no poet ever kept his personages more distinct from eacli other. Other dramatists can only gain e shambles of the executioner, there is no more conviction in the one than ¡n the expectations of human affairs from the play, or from the tale, would be equally deceived. Shakspeare... | |
 | George Smeeton - 1830 - 282 páginas
...perhaps no poet ever kept his personages more distinct from each other. ' Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters,...by a giant and a dwarf; and he that should form his expectations of human affairs from the play, or from the tale, would be equally deceived. Shakspeare... | |
 | George Smeeton - 1834 - 300 páginas
...perhaps no poet ever kept his personages more distinct from each other. ' Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters,...by a giant and a dwarf; and he that should form his expectations of human affairs from the play, or from the tale, would be equally deceived. Shakspeare... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 624 páginas
...one great charm. On this head DR. JOHNSON thus expresses himself: " Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters,...by a giant and a dwarf; and he that should form his expectations of human affairs from the play, or from the tale, would be equally deceived. SHAKSPEARE... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1837 - 572 páginas
...whom Dr. Johnson says, they "gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters, by fabulous or unexampled excellence or depravity; as the writers...by a giant and a dwarf; and he that should form his expectations of human affairs from the play or from the tale, would be equally deceived." It will be... | |
 | 1837 - 536 páginas
...whom Dr. Johnson says, they " gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters, by fabulous or unexampled excellence or depravity; as the writers...by a giant and a dwarf; and he that should form his expectations of human affairs from the play or from the tale, would be equally deceived." It will be... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 páginas
...another claimant. The choice is right, when there is reason for choice. Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters,...by a giant and a dwarf; and he that should form his expectations of human affairs from the play, or from the tale, would be equally deceived. Shakespeare... | |
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