 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 472 pàgines
...what " remains upon my memory is, " that his characters are com" monly fictitious and artificial, rt with very little of nature, and " not much of life. He formed " a peculiar idea of comic excel" lence, which he supposed to " consist in gay remarks and "unexpected answers; but that... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 538 pàgines
...original writer, who borrowed neither the models of his plot, nor the manner of his dialogue. Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly, for since I inspected...upon my memory is, that his characters are commonly fictitious and artificial, with very little of nature, and not much of life. He formed a 'peculiar... | |
 | 1813 - 536 pàgines
...original writer, who borrowed neither the models of his plot, nor the manner of his dialogue. Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly, for since. I inspected...upon my memory is, that his characters are commonly fictitious and artificial, with very little of nature, and not much of life. He formed a peculiar idea... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 504 pàgines
...original writer, who borrowed neither the models of his plot nor the manner of his dialogue. Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly ; for, since I inspected...upon my memory is, that his characters are commonly fictitious and artificial, with very little of nature, and not much of life. He formed a peculiar idea... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 430 pàgines
...original writer, who borrowed neither the models of his plot nor the manner of his dialogue. Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly; for since I inspected...with very little of nature, and not much of life. He.lbrmed a peculiar idea of coinick excellence, which he supp.osed.to consist in gay remarks and unexpected... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 416 pàgines
...original writer, who borrowed neither the models of his plot nor the manner of his dialogue. Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly ; for, since I inspected...upon my memory is, that his characters are commonly fictitious and artificial, with very little of nature, and not much of life. He formed a peculiar idea... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 446 pàgines
...original writer, who borrowed neither the models \pf his plot nor the manner of his dialogue. Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly ; for, since I inspected...upon my memory is, that his characters are commonly fictitious and artificial, with very little of nature, and not much of life. He formed a peculiar idea... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 452 pàgines
...original writer, who borrowed neither the models of his plot nor the manner of his dialogue. Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly ; for, since I inspected...upon my memory is, that his characters are commonly fictitious and artificial, with very little of nature, and not much of life. He formed a peculiar idea... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pàgines
...original writer, who borrowed neither the models of his plot nor the manner of his dialogue. Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly ; for, since I inspected...upon my memory is, that his characters are commonly fictitious and artificial, with very little of nature, and not much of life. He formed a peculiar idea... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 524 pàgines
...original writer, who borrowed neither the models of his plot nor the manner of his dialogue. Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly ; for, since I inspected...upon my memory is, that his characters are commonly fictitious and artificial, with very little of nature, and not much of life. He formed a peculiar idea... | |
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Of his plays I cannot speak distinctly ; for, since I inspected them many years have passed ; but what remains upon my memory is, that his characters are commonly fictitious and artificial, with very little of nature, and not much of life. 
