 In tragedy his performance seems constantly to be worse, as his labour is more. The effusions of passion which exigence forces out are for the most part striking and energetic; but whenever he solicits his invention, or strains his faculties, the offspring...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 93de Samuel Johnson - 1806Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...commonly gross, and their pleasantry licentious. In tragedy, his performance seems to be constantly worse as his labour is more. The effusions of passion, which exigence forces outt are, for the most pirt, striking and energetic : but whenever he solicits his invention or strains... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...have been always some modes of gaiety preferable to others, and a writer ought to choose the best. iam energetic ; but whenever he solicits his invention, or strains his faculties, the offspring of his... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1838 - 396 pages
...confined to this point alone. He is equally severe when speaking of him in the exercise of his art : — " Whenever he solicits his invention, or strains his...throes is tumour, meanness, tediousness, and obscurity" — with much more to the like effect. Again we are told of one of his plays, — "To remark the folly... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1838 - 320 pages
...confined to this point alone. He is equally severe when speaking of him in the exercise of his art : — " Whenever he solicits his invention, or strains his...throes is tumour, meanness, tediousness, and obscurity" — with much more to the like effect. Again we are told of one of his plays, — "To remark the folly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 790 pages
...have been always some modes of gaiety preferable to others, and a writer ought to choose the best. m m q q q q . cQusiiins of passion, which exigence forces out, are for the most part striking and energetic ; but... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...The effusions of passion, which exigence forces out, are, for the most part, striking and energetic; but whenever he solicits his invention, or strains...throes is tumour, meanness, tediousness, and obscurity. matic poetry is naturally tedious, as it is nnanimatcd and inactive, and obstructs the progress of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 316 pages
...writer ought to choose the best. In tragedy his performance seems constantly to be worse, as his labor is more. The effusions of passion, which exigence forces out, are for the most part striking and energetic ; but whenever he solicits bis invention, or strains his faculties, the offspring of his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 348 pages
...writer ought to choose the best. In tragedy his performance seems constantly to be worse, as his labor is more. The effusions of passion, which exigence forces out, are for the most part striking and energetic ; but whenever he solicits his invention, or strains his faculties, the offspring of his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 354 pages
...The effusions of passion, which exigence forces out, are for the most part striking and energetic ; but whenever he solicits his invention, or strains his faculties, the offspring of his throes is tumor, meanness, tediousuess, and obscurity. In narration he affects a disproportionate pomp of diction,... | |
 | Ebenezer Forsyth - 1867 - 148 pages
...greater part by incident and action. His tragedy seems to be skill, his comedy to be instinct." * * * " In tragedy his performance seems constantly to be...exigence forces out, are for the most part striking and energetic ; but whenever he solicits his invention, or strains his faculties, the offspring of his... | |
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