 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 страници
...Congreve, and of Congreve he says : ' It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better; and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 страници
...Congreve, and of Congreve he says : ' It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better ; and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 страници
...his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better, and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 страници
...his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better, and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1803 - 496 страници
...acknowledged, when speaking of certainly not the worst dramatic writer of his age, "that the perusal of his works will make no man better ; and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 428 страници
...Congreve was not tenable ; whatever glofles he might ufe for the defence or palliation of fingle paffages, the general tenour and tendency of his plays muft...conviction, that the perufal of his works will make no mart better ; and that their ultimate effect is to reprefent pleafure in alliance with vice, and to... | |
 | John Styles - 1807 - 216 страници
...dramaticpieces of the present day—" It is acknowledged with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better, and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax Co 9 those obligations by which life ought to... | |
 | John Styles - 1807 - 216 страници
...dramatic pieces of the present day — " It is acknowledged with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better, and that their ultimate eil'ect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 страници
...his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better ; and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 страници
...his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better ; and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be... | |
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The cause of Congreve was not tenable; whatever glosses he might use for the defence or palliation of single passages, the general tenour and tendency of his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal... 
