THE English writers of tragedy are possessed with a notion, that when they represent a virtuous or innocent person in distress, they ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error... The Spectator - Strana 205úprava: - 1898Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| Samuel Richardson - 1768 - Počet stránok 344
...Vol. J. No. .XU!. ^ "^ * Who were the firft that eftablifhed this rule, I * know not; but I am fure it has no foundation in •NATURE, in REASON, or in the PRACTICE OF * THE ANTIENTS. * We find, that good and evil happen alike unto ' ALL MEN on this fide the grave: And as... | |
| 1789 - Počet stránok 508
...ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous docTrine in modern criticifm, that they are obliged to an equal diftribution of rewards and punifhments, and an imrartial... | |
| 1803 - Počet stránok 434
...ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous...an equal distribution of rewards and punishments, an impartial execution of poetical justice. Who were the first that established this rule I know not;... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - Počet stránok 416
...ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous...nature, in reason, or in the practice of the ancients. We find that good and evil happen alike to all men on this side the grave ; and as the principal design... | |
| 1808 - Počet stránok 306
...impartial exQcation of poetical jostice. Who were the first that estahlished this rule I know not; hut I am sure it has no foundation in nature, in reason, or in the practice of the ancients. We find that good and evil happen alike to all men on this side the grave; and as the principal design... | |
| Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - Počet stránok 504
...ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous...nature, in reason, or in the practice of the ancients. We find that good and evil happen alike to all men on this side the grave ; and as the principal design... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1811 - Počet stránok 508
...ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous...nature, in reason, or in the practice of the ancients. We find that good and evil happen alike to all men on this side the grave ; and as the principal design... | |
| Samuel Richardson - 1811 - Počet stránok 460
...not to ' leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, ' or made him triumph over his enemies. ' This error they have been led into by a...know ' not; but I am sure it has no foundation in NATUBE, in ' REASON, or in the PRACTICE OF THE ANTIENTS. ' We find that good and evil happen alike... | |
| Spectator The - 1816 - Počet stránok 348
...ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a -ridiculous...nature, in reason, or in the practice of the ancients. We find that good and evil happen alike to all men on this side the grave ; and as the principal design... | |
| British essayists - 1819 - Počet stránok 370
...ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous...nature, in reason, or in the practice of the ancients. We find that good and evil happen alike to all men on this side the grave; and as the principal design... | |
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