| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...Accident ; and if he preferves the eflential Character, is not very careful of Diftinctions fuperinduced and adventitious. His Story requires Romans or Kings, but he thinks only on Men. He knew that Rome, like every other City, bad Men of all Difpofitions ; and wanting a Buffoon, he went... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...perhaps thinks decency violated when the Danish usurper is represented as a drunkard. But Shakspere always makes nature predominate over accident; and,...requires Romans or Kings, but he thinks only on men. He knew that Rome, like every other city, had men of all dispositions ; and wanting a buffoon, he went... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...is represented as a drunkard. But Shakespeare always makes nature predominate over accident. . . . His story requires Romans or kings, but he thinks only on men. He knew that Rome, like every other city, had men of all dispositions ; and wanting a buffoon, he went... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...is represented as a drunkard. But Shakespeare always makes nature predominate over accident. . . . His story requires Romans or kings, but he thinks only on men. He knew that Rome, like every other city, had men of all dispositions; and wanting a buffoon, he went... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...perhaps thinks decency violated when the Danish usurper is represented as a drunkard. But Shakspeare always makes nature predominate over accident; and...requires Romans or kings, but he thinks only on men. He knew that Rome, like every other city, had men of all dispositions ; and wanting a buffoon, he went... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pages
...the Danish usurper is represented as a drunkard. But Shakespeare always makes nature predominant 6ver accident, and if he preserves the essential character,...story requires Romans, or kings, but he thinks only oh men. He knew that Rome, like every other city, had men of all dispositions ; and wanting a buffoon,... | |
| John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 pages
...concluding, on that account, that all soldiers are vain-glorious boasters? " Shakespeare (says Dr. Johnson) always makes " nature predominate over accident, and,...not very " careful of distinctions superinduced and ad" ventitious. His story requires Romans or " kings, but he thinks only on men. He knew " that Rome,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...Voltaire perhaps thinks decency violated when the Danish usurper is represented as a drunkard. But Shakespeare always makes nature predominate over accident;...requires Romans or kings, but he thinks only on men. He knew that Rome, like every other city, had men of all dispositions; and wanting a buffoon, he went... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pages
...perhaps thinks decency violated when the Danish usurper is represented as a drunkard. But Shakspeare always makes nature predominate over accident ; and...requires Romans or kings, but he thinks only on men. He knew that Rome, like every other city, had men of all dispositions ; and wanting a buffoon, he went... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...perhaps thinks decency violated when the Danish usurper is represented as a drunkard. But Shakspeare always makes nature predominate over accident; and...requires Romans or kings, but he thinks only on men. He knew that Rome, like every other city, had men of all dispositions ; and wanting a buffoon, he went... | |
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