 | 1765 - 600 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Several Hands - 1765 - 624 Seiten
...influence of thofe general panions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole iyftem of life is continued in motion. In the writings of other poets a charaner is too often an individual ; in thofe of Shakefpeare it is commonly a fpecies. ' It is from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 Seiten
...influence of chofe general pafllons and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole fyftem of life is contin.ued in motion. In the writings of other poets a chara<5ter is too often an individual ; in thole of Shakefpeare it is commonly a fpecies. It is from... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 - 1774 - 374 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 Seiten
...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... | |
 | George Colman - 1787 - 338 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...operate but upon small numbers ; or by the accidents of transient fashions or temporary opinions : they are the genuine progeny of common humanity, such as...supply, and Observation will always find. His persons aft and Kiij speak speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds... | |
 | 1791 - 322 Seiten
...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... | |
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His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world, by the peculiarities of studies or professions which can operate but upon small numbers, or by the accidents of transient fashions or temporary... 
