 ... poetry. This reasoning is so specious that it is received as true even by those who in daily experience feel it to be false. The interchanges of mingled scenes seldom fail to produce the intended vicissitudes of passion. Fiction cannot move so much...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Σελίδα 86των Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Several Hands - 1765 - 624 σελίδες
...yet let it be confidered likewife, that melancholy is often not pleafing, and that the difturbance of one man may be the relief of another ; that different auditors have different habitudes ; and that, upon the whole, all pleafure confins i n. variety.' We do not feel the force of this reafoning... | |
 | 1765 - 600 σελίδες
...yet let it be confidered likewife, that melancholy is often not pleafing, and that the diilurbaoce of one man may be the relief of another ; that different auditors have different habitudes , and that, upon the whole, all pleafure confifts in variety.' We do not feel the force of this reafoning... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 σελίδες
...yet let it be confidered likewife, that melancholy is often not pleafing, and that the difturbance of one man may be the relief of another ; that different auditors have different habitudes; and that, upon the whole, all pleafure confifts in variety. The players, who in their edition divided... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 σελίδες
...yet let it be confidered likewife, that melancholy is often not pleating, and that the difturbance of one man may be the relief of another; that different auditors have different habitudes; and that, upon the whole, all pleafure confifts in variety. The players, who in their edition divided... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 σελίδες
...yet let it be confidered likewife, that melancholy is often not pleafing, and that the difturbance of one man .may be the relief of another; that different auditors have different habitudes •, and that, upon the whole, all pleafure confifts in variety. The players, who in their edition... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 412 σελίδες
...interrupted by unwelcome Levity; yet let it be confidered likewife, that Melancholy is often not pleafing, and that the Disturbance of one Man may be the Relief...; that different Auditors have different Habitudes ; and that, .upon the Whole, all Pleafure confifts in Variety. The Players, who in their Edition divided... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 σελίδες
...yet let it be confidered likewife, that Melancholy is often not pleafing, and that the Difturbance •of one Man may be the Relief of another ; that different Auditors have different Habitudes ; and that, .upon the Whole, all Pleafure confifts in Variety. The Players, who in their Edition divided... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 σελίδες
...yet let it be confidered likewife, that Melancholy is often not pleating, and that the Diflurbance of one Man may be the Relief of another ; that different Auditors have different Habitudes ; and that, upon the Whole, all Pleafure confifls in Variety. The Players, who in their Edition divided... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 σελίδες
...be confidered likewife, that melancholy is ofien not pleafing, and that the difturbance of one m~n may be the relief of another; that different auditors have different habitudes ; and that, imon the whole, all pleafure confifts in variety. The players, who in their edition divided... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 σελίδες
...interchanges of mingled scenes seldom fail to produce the intended vicissitudes of passion. Fiftion cannot move so much, but that the attention may be...; that different auditors have different habitudes ; and that, upon the whole,' all pleasure consists in variety. The players, who in their edition divided... | |
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