About things on which the public thinks long, it commonly attains to think right ; and of Cato it has been not unjustly determined, that it is rather a poem in dialogue than a drama, rather a succession of just sentiments in elegant language, than a representation... The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets - Página 86por Samuel Johnson - 1896Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 620 páginas
...noblest, piothjcjtjon of Addison's genius. Of a work so much read, it is difficult to say any thing new. About things on which the public thinks long,...unjustly determined, that it is rather a poem in dialogue thai), a drama,, rather a succession of just sentiments in elegant language, than a representation... | |
| David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 422 páginas
...palace at Utica. Of a work so much read, it is difficult (as Dr. Johnson observes) to say any thing new. About things on which the public thinks long,...determined, that it is rather a poem in dialogue than » t AT L ; rather a succession of just •entiments in elegant language, than a representation of... | |
| David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 418 páginas
...palace at Utica. Of a work so much read, it is difficult (as Dr. Johnson observes) to say any thing new. About things on which the public thinks long,...unjustly determined, that it is rather a poem in dialogue tkan a CAT drama; rather a successiort of just sentiments in elegant language, than a representation... | |
| David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 444 páginas
...palace at Utica. Of a work so much read, it is difficult (as Dr. Johnson observes) to say any thing new. About things on which the public thinks long, it commonly attains to thinli right ; and of Cato it has been not unjustly determined, that it is rather a poem in dialogue... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 504 páginas
...genius. Of a work so much read, it is difficult to say any thing new. About things on which the publick thinks long, it commonly attains to think right ;...poem in dialogue than a drama, rather a succession * But, according to Dr. Warton, " ought not to have intended." C. of just sentiments in elegant language,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 446 páginas
...* But, according to Dr. Warton, " ought not to have intended." C. About things on which the publick thinks long, it commonly attains to think right ;...been not unjustly determined, that it is rather a 7 poem in dialogue than a drama, rather a succession of just sentiments in elegant language, than a... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 páginas
...the noblest production of Addison's genius. Of a work so much read it is difficult to say any thing new. About things on which the public thinks long,...think right; and of "Cato" it has been not unjustly dct'-rinined, that it is rather a poem in dialogue than a drama ; rather a succession of just sentiment*... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 624 páginas
...and generally too philosophic. What Johnson has said of the tragedy of Cato may be applied to Irene: "It is rather a poem in dialogue than a drama ; rather...succession of just sentiments in elegant language, than a représentation of natural affections. Nothing excites or assuages emotion. The events are expected... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 páginas
...any thing new. About tilings on which the public thinks long, it commonly attains to think risrht ; and of "Cato" it has been not unjustly determined,...sentiments in elegant language, than a representation or natural affections, or of any state probable or possible in human life. Nothing here " excites or... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1870 - 586 páginas
...onj^i^jimgjiejtionably the noble.§L4):i^jdi^^ dison's genius. Of a work so much read, it is difficult to say any thing new. About things on which the public thinks long,...than a drama, rather a succession of just sentiments in.elegant language, than a representation of natural affections, or of any state probable or possible... | |
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