 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pages
...scenes has suffered little diminution from the change made by • century and an half in manners or in words. As his personages act upon principles arising...durable; the adventitious peculiarities of personal hahits, are only superficial dyes, bright and pleasing for a little *hile, yet soon fading to a dim... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1802 - 422 pages
...ariiing from genuine paffion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleafures and vexa» tions are communicable to all times and to all places ;...therefore durable ; the adventitious peculiarities of perfonal habits are only fuperficial dies, bright and plealing for a little while, yet foon fading... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pages
...diminution from the changes made by a century and 9 half, in manners or in words. As his personage* act upon principles arising from genuine passion,...tinct, without any remains of former lustre ; but the discriminations of true passion are the colours of nature; they pervade the whole mass, and can only... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...scenes has suffered little diminution from the changes made by a century and a half, in manners or in words. As his personages act upon principles arising...peculiarities of personal habits are only superficial dyes, bright and pleasing for a little while, yet soon fading to a dim tinct, without any remains of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...scenes has suffered little diminution from the changes made by a century and a half, in manners or in words. As his personages act upon principles arising...tinct, without any remains of former lustre; but the discriminations of true passion are the colours of nature; they pervade Shakspeare engaged in dramatick... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...scenes has suffered little diminution from the changes made by a century and a half, in manners or in words. As his personages act upon principles arising...peculiarities of personal habits are only superficial dyes, bright and pleasing for a little while, yet soon fading to a dim tinct, without any remains of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...scenes has suffered little diminution from the changes made by a century and a half, in manners or in words. As his personages act upon principles arising...and vexations are communicable to all times and to aU places; they are natural, and therefore durable; the adventitious peculiarities of personal habits,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 524 pages
...God! This tomb may perish, but not so his name, "•''a.- shed new lustre upon SIIAKSPEABK'I famtl and vexations are communicable to all times and to...peculiarities of personal habits are only superficial dyes, bright and pleasing for a little while, yet soon fading to a dim tinct, without any remains of... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 520 pages
...in his God ! This tomb may perish, bat not so bis name, Who shed new lustre upon SHAKSPKARX'S famtl and vexations are communicable to all times and to...peculiarities of personal habits are only superficial dyes, bright and pleasing for a little while, yet soon fading to a dim tinct, without any remains of... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1809 - 530 pages
...tomb may perish, but not so his name, BTw shed new luttre upon SHAKSPEARK'> fam,l and vexations arc communicable to all times and to all places; they...peculiarities of personal habits are only superficial dyes, bright and pleasing for a little while, yet soon fading to a dim tinct, without any remains of... | |
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The force of his comic scenes has suffered little diminution from the changes made by a century and a half, in manners or in words. As his personages act upon principles arising from genuine passion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleasures... 
