 His scenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or passion : his personages are a kind of intellectual gladiators ; every sentence is to ward or strike ; the contest of smartness is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 196by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806Full view - About this book
 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 276 pages
...humour, imagery, or paffion: his perfonages are a kind of intellectual gladiators; every fentence is Co ward or ftrike; the conteft of fmartnefs is never...oftener than merriment. But they are the works of 2. a mind a mind replete with images, and quick in combination. Of his mifcellaneous poetry, which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 278 pages
...feldom failed of performing. His fcenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, cr paffion : his perfonages are a kind of intellectual gladiators ; every fentence...in fome degree, the operation of tragedies ; they furprifc rather than divert, and raife admiration oftener than 'merriment. But they are the works of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 pages
...feldom failed of performing. His fcenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or paffion: his perfonages are a kind -of intellectual gladiators; every fentence...therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies; they ifurprife rather than divert, and raife admiration oftener than merriment. But they are the works of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 474 pages
...feldom failed of performing. His fcenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or paffion: his perfonages are a kind of intellectual gladiators; every fentence...wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate corufeations. His comedies have therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies; they furprife... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 472 pages
...failed of performing. Hi's fcenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or pailion : • his -perfonages are a kind of intellectual gladiators ; every fentence is to ward or fjtrilce.;. the conteft~of fmartnefs is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and 'fro... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - Conduct of life - 1790 - 330 pages
...kind of intellectual gladiators; every fen" tence is to ward or flrike; the conteft of " fmartnefe is never intermitted; his wit is a « meteor playing to and fro with alternate co" mfcations." If he can learn to embroider with as much fpendor, tafte and addrefs as this and many... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Poets, English - 1791 - 490 pages
...feldom failed of performing. His fcenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or paflion : his perfonages are a kind of intellectual gladiators ; every fentence...corufcations. His comedies have therefore, in fome dergree, the operation of tragedies; they furprife rather than divert, and raife admiration oftener... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - Conduct of life - 1791 - 308 pages
...fcenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery or " paffion ; his perfonages are a kind of intellectual 11 gladiators ; every fentence is to ward or ftrike;...intermitted ; " his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alter" nate corrufc.iticns." If he can learn to embroider with as much fplendor, U'fte and at'drefs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...feldoin failed of performing. His fcenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or paffion : his perfonages are a kind of intellectual gladiators; every fentence...therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies; they iurprife rather than divert, and raife admiration oftener than merriment. But they are the works of... | |
 | 1795 - 846 pages
...are a kind of ¡ntelle&ual gladiators ; every fentence a to ward or ftrike, the conteft of fmartncfs is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate corrufcations. Hi* comedies have, therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies; they lurprife... | |
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