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" 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... "
Annual Register - Página 127
editado por - 1793
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Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden ..., Volúmenes3-4

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 602 páginas
...of humour, imagery, or paffion: his perfonages are a kind of intellectual gladiators; every fentence is to ward or ftrike; the conteft of fmartnefs is...meteor playing to and fro with alternate corufcations. His comedies have therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies ; they furprife rather than...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volumen3

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 páginas
...humour, imagery, or paffion: his perfonages are a kind -of intellectual gladiators; every fentence is to ward or ftrike; the conteft of fmartnefs is...meteor playing to and fro with alternate corufcations. His comedies have therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies; they ifurprife rather than...
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The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 278 páginas
...humour, imagery, cr paffion : his perfonages are a kind of intellectual gladiators ; every fentence is to ward or ftrike ; the conteft of fmartnefs is...meteor playing to and fro with alternate corufcations.. His comedies have therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies ; they furprifc rather than...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 páginas
...of humour, imagery, or paffion: his perfonages are a kind of intellectual gladiators; every fentence is to ward or ftrike; the conteft of fmartnefs is...wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate corufeations. His comedies have therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies; they furprife...
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profaces, briogrpahical and critical

samuel johnson - 1781 - 276 páginas
...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...meteor playing to and fro with alternate corufcations. His comedies have therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies; they furprife rather than...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical ..., Volumen3

Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 472 páginas
...-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 playing to and 'fro with alternate corufcations. 'His comedies have therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies ; they furprife rather than...
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The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar ..., Volumen5

Richard Cumberland - 1790 - 330 páginas
...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...
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THE OBSERVER, Volumen4

Richard Cumberland - 1791 - 308 páginas
...humour, imagery or " paffion ; his perfonages are a kind of intellectual 11 gladiators ; every fentence is to ward or ftrike; " the conteft of fmartnefs is...intermitted ; " his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alter" nate corrufc.iticns." If he can learn to embroider with as much fplendor, U'fte and at'drefs...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 páginas
...humour, imagery, or paffion : his perfonages are a kind of intellectual gladiators; every fentence is to ward or ftrike; the conteft of fmartnefs is...meteor playing to and fro with alternate corufcations. His comedies have therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies; they iurprife rather than...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Parnell. Garth. Rowe ...

1795 - 846 páginas
...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...
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