The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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Pagina 65
... actions and designs of men like himself to conceive and to relate ; he is not to form , but copy characters , and therefore is not blamed for the in- consistency of statesmen , the injustice of tyrants , or the cowardice of commanders ...
... actions and designs of men like himself to conceive and to relate ; he is not to form , but copy characters , and therefore is not blamed for the in- consistency of statesmen , the injustice of tyrants , or the cowardice of commanders ...
Pagina 278
... action should be single ; for since a play represents some transaction , through its regular maturation to its final event , two actions equally important must evi- dently constitute two plays . As the design of tragedy is to instruct ...
... action should be single ; for since a play represents some transaction , through its regular maturation to its final event , two actions equally important must evi- dently constitute two plays . As the design of tragedy is to instruct ...
Pagina 301
Samuel Johnson. forget ; he will make his way to remote scenes of action through obscurity and contradiction , as Tully sought ... actions of their ancestors , however bloody , savage , and rapacious . The same disposition , as different ...
Samuel Johnson. forget ; he will make his way to remote scenes of action through obscurity and contradiction , as Tully sought ... actions of their ancestors , however bloody , savage , and rapacious . The same disposition , as different ...
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The dangers of imitation The impropriety of imitating Spenser | 56 |
A criticism on the English historians | 62 |
The young trader turned gentleman | 69 |
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