 His scenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or passion : his personages are a kind of intellectual gladiators ; every sentence is to ward or strike ; the contest of smartness is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate...  The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Page 22by Samuel Johnson - 1781Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 602 pages
...he endeavoured, he feldom failed of performing. His fcenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or paffion: his perfonages are a kind of intellectual...in fome degree, the operation of tragedies ; they furprife rather than divert, and raife admiration oftener than merriment. But they are the works of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 pages
...he endeavoured, he feldom failed of performing. His fcenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or paffion: his perfonages are a kind -of intellectual...therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies; they ifurprife rather than divert, and raife admiration oftener than merriment. But they are the works of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 pages
...he endeavoured, he feldom failed of performing. His fcenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or paffion: his perfonages are a kind of intellectual...wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate corufeations. His comedies have therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies; they furprife... | |
 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 276 pages
...humour, imagery, or paffion: his perfonages are a kind of intellectual gladiators; every fentence is Co ward or ftrike; the conteft of fmartnefs is never...therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies; they furprife rather than divert, and raife admiration oftener than merriment. But they are the works of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 472 pages
...-perfonages are a kind of intellectual gladiators ; every fentence is to ward or fjtrilce.;. the conteft~of fmartnefs is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor...in fome degree, the operation of tragedies ; they furprife rather than divert, and raife admiration oftener than merriment. But they are the works of... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1790 - 330 pages
...kind of intellectual gladiators; every fen" tence is to ward or flrike; the conteft of " fmartnefe is never intermitted; his wit is a « meteor playing to and fro with alternate co" mfcations." If he can learn to embroider with as much fpendor, tafte and addrefs as this and many... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1791 - 490 pages
...endeavoured, he feldom failed of performing. His fcenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or paflion : his perfonages are a kind of intellectual gladiators...corufcations. His comedies have therefore, in fome dergree, the operation of tragedies; they furprife rather than divert, and raife admiration oftener... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...he endeavoured, he feldoin failed of performing. His fcenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or paffion : his perfonages are a kind of intellectual...therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies; they iurprife rather than divert, and raife admiration oftener than merriment. But they are the works of... | |
 | 1795 - 846 pages
...are a kind of ¡ntelle&ual gladiators ; every fentence a to ward or ftrike, the conteft of fmartncfs is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate corrufcations. Hi* comedies have, therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies; they lurprife... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1793 - 544 pages
...of 'humour, imagery or paffion : his perfonages are a kind of intelle&ual gladiators; every fentenee is to ward or ftrike ; the conteft of fmartnefs is...meteor playing to and fro with alternate corufcations." If he can learn to embroider with as much fplendor, taite and addrefs as this and many other famples... | |
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