 His persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual; in those of...  -III - Page lxby William Shakespeare - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Books - 1765 - 600 pages
...influence of thofe general paflions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole fyftem of life is continued in motion. In the writings of...poets a character 'is too often an individual ; in thofe of Shakeipeare it is commonly a fpecies. * It is from this wide extenfion of defign that fo much... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 pages
...influence of thofe general paffions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole fyftem of life is continued in motion. In the writings of...poets a character is too often an. individual; in thofe of Sbakefpeare it is commonly a fpecies. It is from this wide extenfion of defign that fo much... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 pages
...influence of thofe general pafilons and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole fyftem of life is continued in motion. In the writings of...other poets a character is too often an individual j in thofe of Shakefpeare it is commonly a fpecies. It is from this wide extenfion of defign that fo... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...Influence of thofe general Paffions and Principles by which all Minds are agitated, and the whole Syftem, of Life is continued in Motion. In the Writings of...Poets a Character is too often an Individual ; in thofe of Shakefpcare it is commonly a Species. It is from this wide Extenfion of Defign that fo much... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...Influence of thofe general Paffions and Principles by which all Mmds are agitated, and the whole Syftem of Life is continued in Motion. In the Writings of...Poets a Character is too often an Individual ; in thofe of Shakefpeare it is commonly a Species. It is from this wide Extenfion of Defign that fo much... | |
 | George Colman - 1787 - 338 pages
...thofe general paffions and principles ciples by which all minds are agitated, and the whole fyftem of life is continued in motion. In the writings of...poets a character is too often an individual ; in thofe of Shakefpeare it is commonly a fpecies." Having given fome further illuftration of this argument,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system pf life is continued in motion. In the writings of other...character is too often an, individual ; • in those of Shakspere it is commonly a species. It is from this wide extension of design that so' nuich instruction... | |
 | Great Britain - 1791 - 322 pages
...influence of thole general paffions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole fyftem of life is continued in motion. In the writings of...other poets a character is too often an individual; in thofe of Sliakefpeare it is commonly a fpecies. It is. from this wide, extenfion- of defign, that fo... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 860 pages
...influence of thofe general paflions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole fyftem of life is continued in motion. In the writings of...poets a character is too often an individual ; in thofc of Shakfpeare it is commonly a fpecies. It is from this wide extenfion of defign that fo much... | |
 | Art - 1801 - 664 pages
...CRITICISM OP JOHNSON. Dr. JohnSon's CriticiSm is not always So preciSe as elo4uent : he Says Somewhere: ¿1 In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual ; in thoSe of ShakeSpeare, it is commonly a Species.” The diametrically oppoSite pofition would have approached... | |
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