| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pagina’s
...not shown in the splendour of particular passages, but by the progress of his fable, and the tenor of his dialogue ; and he that tries to recommend him...select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in flterocfes, who, when he offered his house to sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen. It... | |
| Liber - 1809 - 372 pagina’s
...that tries to recommend Shakspeare, by select quotations, will succeed like the. pedant in Hieroeles, who, when he offered his house to sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen. Johnson's Preface to Shakspeare. 28 ATJGEHE AU, the son of a fruit-woman at Paris, has served most... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 pagina’s
...not shown in the splendour of particular passages, but by the progress of his fable, and the tenor of his dialogue : and he that tries to recommend him...offered his house to sale, carried a brick in his pock«t as a specimen. It will not easily be imagined how much Shakespeare excels in accommodating... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 pagina’s
...not shewn in the splendor of particular passages., but by the progress of his fable, and the tenor of his dialogue ; and he that tries to recommend him...pedant in Hierocles, who, when he offered his house for sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen. It will not easily be imagined how much Shakspeare... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 510 pagina’s
...not shown in the splendor of particular passages, but by the progress of his fable, and the tenor of his dialogue ; and he that tries to recommend him...when he offered his house to sale, carried a brick in hi* pocket as a specimen. At It will not easily he imagined how much Shakspeare excels in accommodating... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 436 pagina’s
...not shewn in the splendor of particular passages, but by the progress of his fable, and the tenor of his dialogue ; and he that tries to recommend him...pedant in Hierocles, who, when he offered his house for sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen. It will not easily be imagined how much Shakspeare... | |
| 1814 - 572 pagina’s
...shewn by the splendour of particular passages, but by the progress of the fable and the tenor of the dialogue ; and he that tries to recommend him by select...sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen." In forming our judgment of the comparative merits of Shakspeare and his contemporaries, the safest... | |
| 1814 - 572 pagina’s
...shewn by the splendour of particular passages, but by the progress of the fable and the tenor of the dialogue ; and he that tries to recommend him by select...sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen." In forming our judgment of the comparative merits of Shakspeare and his contemporaries, the safest... | |
| 1814 - 578 pagina’s
...splendour of particular passages, but by the progress of the fable and the tenor of the dialogue i and he that tries to recommend him by select quotations...like the pedant in Hierocles, who, when he offered hi* house to sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen." In forming our judgment of the comparative... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1814 - 470 pagina’s
...but by the progress "t his fable, and the tenor of his dialogue; and he that tries to rec •>minend him by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant...Hierocles, who, when he offered his house to sale, eamed a brick in his pocket as a specimen. . It will not easily be imagined how much Shakspeare excels... | |
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