 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 страници
...himself gives of Addison's tragedy of Cato, may without impropriety be applied to Irene. " It is ra" ther a poem in dialogue than a drama, rather a " succession of just sentiments, in elegant Ian' guage> tnan a rcpresention of natural affections ; • nothing excites or assuages emotion. The... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 350 страници
...generally too philosophic. What Johnson has said of the Tragedy of Cato may be applied to Irene; " It is rather a poem in dialogue than " a drama; rather a succession of just sentit' ments in elegant language, than a represen." tation of natural affection. Nothing excites "... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 436 страници
...generally too philofophic. What Johnfon has laid of the Tragedy of Cato may be applied to Irene ; " It is rather a poem in dialogue than " a drama; rather a fucceffion of juft fenti" ments in elegant language, than a reprefen" tation of natural affections.... | |
 | 1794 - 826 страници
...generally too phiiofophic. What Johnfon has faid of the tragedy of C.uo, may be applied to Irene : " It is rather a poem in dialogue, than a drama ; rather a fucceflion of juft fentiments in elegant language, than a reprefentation of natural affections. Nothing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 страници
...generally too philosophic. What Johnson has said of the tragedy of Cato may be applied to Irene ; " It is rather a poem in dialogue than a drama ; rather...elegant language, than a representation of natural affection. Nothing excites or assuages emotion. The events are expected -without solicitude, and are... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 страници
...new. About tilings on which the public thinks long, it commonly attains to think right; and of Cato it has been not unjustly determined, that it is rather...in human life. Nothing here " excites or assuages 88 But, acconling to Dr. Warton, " oujht not to have intended." C. 'motion: 1 ' here 5s " no magical... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 страници
...new. About things on which the public thinks long, it commonly attains to think right; and of Cato it has been not unjustly determined, that it is rather...in human life. Nothing here " excites or assuages 8* But, according to Dr. Warton, " ought not to bav« intended." C. emotion :" here is " no magical... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 страници
...new. About tilings on which the public thinks long, it commonly attains to think right; and of Cato it has been not unjustly determined, that it is rather...elegant language, than a representation of natural aflections, or of any state probable or possible in human life. Nothing here " excites or assuag«... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 страници
...About things on which the publick thinks long, it commonly attains to think right ; and of Cato it has been not unjustly determined, that it is rather...poem in dialogue than a drama, rather a succession * But, according to Dr. Warton, " ought not to have intended." £. Pf •f just sentiments in elegant... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 страници
...new. About things on which the public thinks long, it commonly attains to think right; and of Cato it has been not unjustly determined, that it is rather a poem in dialogue than a drama, rather д succession of just sentiments in. elegant language, than a representation of natural affections,... | |
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Cato' it has been not unjustly determined, that it is rather a poem in dialogue than a drama, rather a succession of just sentiments in elegant language, than a representation of natural affections, or of any state probable or possible in human life.... 
