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... profaces, briogrpahical and critical - עמוד 16מאת samuel johnson - 1781תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
| Englishmen - 1836 - 256 דפים
...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 - 1837 - 752 דפים
...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 Styles - 1838 - 224 דפים
...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 effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 דפים
...his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal a human voice. ALMERÍA. It was thy fear, or else some transi ••rli'ct is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which... | |
| William Cartwright Newsam - 1845 - 264 דפים
...on the Stage : and we have the testimony of Dr. Johnson to the fact, that the perusal of Congreve's 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... | |
| George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 506 דפים
...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 - 1854 - 484 דפים
...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 - 1854 - 344 דפים
...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... | |
| George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 832 דפים
...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 - 1889 - 296 דפים
...repentance."—Johnson's Works, vii. 293. " It is acknowledged with universal conviction that the perusal of Congreve's 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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