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Page 115
... appear'd . At last , in the fifth act , appears a messenger from the lords assembled at the festival of Dagon , with a summons by which Samson is required to come and entertain them with some proof of his strength . Samson , after a ...
... appear'd . At last , in the fifth act , appears a messenger from the lords assembled at the festival of Dagon , with a summons by which Samson is required to come and entertain them with some proof of his strength . Samson , after a ...
Page 212
... appears to me very likely that they were supplied by the friendship or officiousness of Jonson , whose manner they will be perhaps found exactly to resemble . There is yet another supposition possible : the prologue and epilogue may ...
... appears to me very likely that they were supplied by the friendship or officiousness of Jonson , whose manner they will be perhaps found exactly to resemble . There is yet another supposition possible : the prologue and epilogue may ...
Page 286
... appear occasionally , and act as every incident requires ; the solitary fidelity of Abdiel is very amiably painted ... appears , both in the battle and the council , with exact consistency . To Adam and to Eve are given , during their ...
... appear occasionally , and act as every incident requires ; the solitary fidelity of Abdiel is very amiably painted ... appears , both in the battle and the council , with exact consistency . To Adam and to Eve are given , during their ...
Contents
JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE | 43 |
Note on the Text and Acknowledgment | 58 |
EARLY PERIODICAL CRITICISM | 59 |
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action admiration Aeneid ancient appears attention beauties blank verse censure character comedy common composition considered Cowley criticism death delight dialogue diction dignity diligence drama Dryden easily easy edition effect elegance endeavoured English English poetry Essay excellence exhibit expression eyes F. R. Leavis Falstaff fancy faults genius give harmony heaven hexameter Hudibras human Iliad images imagination imitation Johnson judgment kind King knowledge labour language learning lines literary literature lived Lycidas Macbeth Metaphysical poets Milton mind moral nature never numbers observed opinion original Othello Paradise Lost passages passions pastoral perhaps play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise produced reader reason remarks rhyme Samson Samson Agonistes Samuel Johnson says scarcely scenes seems sense sentiments Shakespeare sometimes sound supposed syllables thee things thou thought tion tragedy translation truth versification Virgil virtue Warburton words writer written