| Charles Gildon - 1718 - 394 pagine
...to the Difyenfations of Providence. • .,:;;• :-, • : . /* is no wonder therefore that in all polite Nations of the World, this Part of the Drama...excels that of Greece and Rome in the Intricacy and Difpoption of the Fable ; but what a. Cbriftian Writer jhou'd he ajbam'd to own, falls infinitely Jhort... | |
| 1744 - 348 pagine
...Writer would be afhamed to own, falls infinitely fhort of it in the moral Part of the Performance. IT is no Wonder therefore that in all the polite Nations...of the World, this part of the Drama has met with publick Encouragement. ARISTOTLE obferves, that the lambick Verfe in the Greek Tongue was the moft... | |
| 1778 - 378 pagine
...ornament of our nature. They foften infolence, footh affliction, and fubdue the mind to the difpenfations of providence. It is no wonder therefore that in all...intricacy and difpofition of the fable ; but, what a chriftian writer would be amamed to own, falls infinitely fhort of it in the moral part of the performance.... | |
| 1789 - 508 pagine
...ornament of our NATURE. They foften infblence, footh affliction, and fubdue the mind to the difpenfations of PROVIDENCE. It is no wonder therefore that in all...intricacy and difpofition of the fable ; but, what a Chriftian Writer would be be afhamed to own, falls infinitely mort of it in the moral part of the... | |
| 1803 - 420 pagine
...ornament of our nature. They soften insolence, soothe affliction, and subdue the mind to the dispensations of providence. It is no wonder, therefore, that in...excels that of Greece and Rome in the intricacy and disposition of the fable; but, what a Christian writer would be ashamed to own, falls infinitely short... | |
| 1803 - 434 pagine
...ornament of our nature. They soften insolence, soothe affliction, and subdue the mind to the dispensations of providence. It is no wonder, therefore, that in...excels that of Greece and Rome in the' intricacy and disposition of the fable ; but, what a Christian writer would be ashamed to own, falls infinitely short... | |
| 1808 - 306 pagine
...ornament of our nature. They soften insolence, sooth affliction, and suhdue the mind to the dispensations of Providence. It is no wonder therefore that in all...of the world, this part of the drama has met -with puhlic encouragement. The modern tragedy excels that of Greece and Kome, in the intricacy and disposition... | |
| Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pagine
...ornament of our nature. They soften insolence, soothe affliction, and subdue the mind to the dispensations of Providence. It is no wonder, therefore, that in...excels that of Greece and Rome, in the intricacy and disposition of the fable ; but, what a Christian writer would be ashamed to own, falls infinitely short... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 pagine
...ornament of our nature. They soften insolence, soothe affliction, and subdue the mind to the dispensations of Providence. It is no wonder, therefore, that in...excels that of Greece and Rome, in the intricacy and disposition of the fable ; but, what a Christian writer would be ashamed to own, falls infinitely short... | |
| Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pagine
...ornament of our nature. They soften insolence, soothe affliction, and subdue the mind to the dispensations of Providence. It is no wonder, therefore, that in...excels that of Greece and Rome, in the intricacy and disposition of the fable ; but, what a Christian writer would be ashamed to own, falls infinitely short... | |
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