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" But the dialogue of this author is often so evidently determined by the incident which VOL. ii. a produces it, and is pursued with so much ease and simplicity, that it seems scarcely to claim the merit of fiction, but to have been gleaned by diligent... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll. D.: Containing philological tracts - Page 82
by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820
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Poems, with illustrative remarks [ed. by W.C. Oulton]. To which is ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pages
...of mankind. But the dialogue of this author is often so evidently determined by the incident which produces it, and is pursued with so much ease and...out of common conversation, and common occurrences. " This, therefore, is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the mirror of life ; that he who...
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The Dramatick Works of William Shakespeare: Printed Complete, with D. Samuel ...

William Shakespeare - 1802 - 412 pages
...incident which produces it, and is purfued with fo much eafe and fimplicity, that it feems fcarcely to claim the merit of fiction, but to have been gleaned by diligent felection out of common converfation and common occurrences. Upon every other ftage the univerfal agent...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...of mankind. But the dialogue of this author is often so evidently determined by the incident which produces it, and is pursued with so much ease and...out of common conversation, and common occurrences. with oppositions of interest, and harrass them with violence of desires inconsistent with each other...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...of mankind. But the dialogue of this author is often so evidently determined by the incident which produces it, and is pursued with so much ease and...to have been gleaned by diligent selection out of Gomroon conversation, and common occurrences. with oppositions of interest, and harrass them with violence...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 488 pages
...of mankind. But the dialogue of this author is often so evidently determined by the incident which produces it, and is pursued with so much ease and...simplicity, that it seems scarcely to claim the merit pf fiction, but to have been gleaned by diligent selection selection out of common conversation, and...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 436 pages
...of mankind. But the dialogue of this author is often so evidently determined by the incident which produces it, and is pursued with so much ease and...scarcely to claim the merit of fiction, but to have teen gleaned by diligent selection out of common conversation and common occurrences. Upon every other...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 470 pages
...commerce of mankind. But the dialogue of IB author is often so evidently determined by the incident which produces it, and is pursued with so much ease and...but to have been gleaned by diligent selection out ol common conversation, and common occiorences. Lpon every other stage the universal agent is love,...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare. Whittingham's ed, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 532 pages
...have been gleaned by diligent selection out of common con>i isutiou, and common occurrences. L'pon every other stage the universal agent is love, by...distributed, and every action quickened or retarded. To bi ing a lover, a lady, and a rival into the table ; to entangle them in contradictory obligations,...
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Shakspeare's himself again; or the language of the poet asserted

Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...of mankind. But the dialogue of this author is . often so evidently determined by the incident which produces it, and is pursued with so much ease and...out -of common conversation, and common occurrences :" — " this, therefore, is the praise of Shakspeare, that his drama is the mirror of life ; that...
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Elegant extracts, Volume 55

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...of mankiod. But the dialogue of this author is often so evidently determined by the incident which produces it, and is pursued with so much ease and simplicity, that it wems scarcely to claim the merit ~of fiction, bat to have been gleaned by diligent selection out of...
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