 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 860 pages
...to fhew an ufurper and a murderer not only odious, but defpicable ; he therefore added drunkennefs to his other qualities, knowing that kings love wine...and that wine exerts its natural power upon kings. Thefe are the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the cafual diftinction of country and... | |
 | History - 1793 - 620 pages
...inclined to (hew an uiurper and a murderer not only odious but defpicable ; he therefore added drunkennefs to his other qualities, knowing that kings love wine...other men, and that wine exerts its natural power apon kings. Thefe are the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the cafual diftinftion of... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...senate-house would certainly have afforded him. He was inclined to show an usurper and a murderer, not only odious, but despicable ; he therefore added...of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery.' Johnson's Works, v. 109. Johnson had previously attacked Voltaire,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...senate-house would certainly have afforded him. He was inclined to show an usurper and a murderer, not only odious, but despicable ; he therefore added...of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery.' Johnson's Works, v. 109. Johnson had previously attacked Voltaire,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1800 - 330 pages
...to ftew an ufurper and a murderer not only odious, but dcipicable ; he therefore added drunkennefs to his other qualities, knowing that kings love wine...and that wine exerts its natural power upon kings. Thefe are the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the cafual diftinclion of country and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 454 pages
...inclined to fhew an ufurper and a murderer not only odious, but defpicable; he therefore added drunkennefs to his other qualities, knowing that kings love wine...and that wine exerts its natural power upon kings. Thele are the petty cavils of petty minds; a poet overlooks the cafual diftinction of country and condition,... | |
 | History - 1802 - 630 pages
...to (hew an ufurper and mur. derer not only odious but defpica. ble ; he therefore added diunkennefs to his other qualities, knowing that kings love wine...and that wine exerts its natural power upon kings. Thefeare the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the cafual dif. tinétion of country and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...the senate-house would certainly have afforded him. He was inclined to show an usurper and a murderer not only odious, but despicable; he therefore added...of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery. The censure which he has incurred by mixing comick and tragick... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson - 1803 - 542 pages
...to fhow an ufurper and a murderer not only odious, but defpicable ; he therefore added drunkennefs to his other qualities, knowing that kings love wine...and that wine exerts its natural power upon kings. Thefe are the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the cafual difti notion of country and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1802 - 422 pages
...to fhew an ufurper and a murderer not only odious, but defpicable ; he therefore added drunkennefs to his other qualities, knowing that kings love wine...and that wine exerts its natural power upon kings. Thefe are the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the cafual diftinftion of country and... | |
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He was inclined to show an usurper and a murderer not only odious but despicable, he therefore added drunkenness to his other qualities, knowing that kings love wine like other men, and that wine exerts its natural power upon kings. These are the petty... 
