 | Englishmen - 1835 - 476 pàgines
...It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal of his PiHIon.] EDMUND CALAMY. 265 works will make no man better ; and that their ultimate...those obligations by which life ought to be regulated. The stage found other advocates, and the dispute was protracted through ten years : but at last comedy... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 256 pàgines
...and tendency of his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better...those obligations by which life ought to be regulated. The stage found other advocates, and the dispute was protracted through ten years : but at last comedy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pàgines
...and tendency of his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, rough there are beautiful lines; but The stage found other advocates, and the dispute was protracted through ten years ; but at last corneay... | |
 | John Styles - 1838 - 224 pàgines
...most popular dramatic pieces of the present day — " It is acknowledged with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better,...obligations by which life ought to be regulated." I would by no means be thought to institute a comparison between the plays of Congreve and those of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 pàgines
...and tendency of his plays must .always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will . make no man better;...with vice, and to relax those obligations by which Ufa ought to be regulated. The stage found other advocates, and the dispute was protracted through... | |
 | 1840 - 534 pàgines
...captivating nature. The perusal of the works of Congreve, says Johnson, " will make no man better. Their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in...obligations by which life ought to be regulated." This criticism would apply equally well to most of the productions of the English drama from the reign... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1840 - 536 pàgines
...captivating nature. The perusal of the works of Congreve, says Johnson, " will make no man better. Their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in...obligations by which life ought to be regulated." This criticism would apply equally well to most of the productions of the English drama from the reign... | |
 | 1840 - 1078 pàgines
...captivating nature. The perusal of the works of Congreve, says Johnson, " will make no man better. Their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in...obligations by which life ought to be regulated." This criticism would apply equally well to most of the productions of the English drama from the reign... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 pàgines
...perusal of his works will make no man belter; and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasuie in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be regulated. The stage found other advocates, and the dispute was protracted through ten years : but at last Comedy... | |
 | Jeremy Collier - 1840 - 656 pàgines
...tenor and tendency of his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged with universal conviction, that the perusal of his works will make no man better. And their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations... | |
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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 of his works... 
