The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: A dissertation upon the Greek comedy, translated from Brumoy. General conclusion to Brumoy's Greek theatre. Miscellaneous observations on the tragedy of Macbeth. Adventurer. History of Rasselas, prince of AbissiniaT. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J Johnson, C. Dilly, T. Vernor, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, N. Conant, P. Elmsly, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Goldsmith, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby, G. Nicol, J. Murray, A. Strahan, W. Lowndes, T. Evans, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, T. and J. Egerton, W. Fox, P. M.'Queen, Ogilvie and Speale, Darton and Harvey, G. and C. Kearsley, W. Millar, B. C. Collins, and E. Newbery., 1792 |
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... be partly reproached with an imperfect work , if , after having may There was a law which forbad any judge of the Areopagus to write comedy . B 2 gene gone as deep as I could into the nature of A DISSERTATION , & c . 3.
... be partly reproached with an imperfect work , if , after having may There was a law which forbad any judge of the Areopagus to write comedy . B 2 gene gone as deep as I could into the nature of A DISSERTATION , & c . 3.
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Samuel Johnson. gone as deep as I could into the nature of Greek tra- gedy , I did not at least sketch a draught of the comedy . I then confidered , that it was not wholly impoffible to furmount , at least in part , the difficulties ...
Samuel Johnson. gone as deep as I could into the nature of Greek tra- gedy , I did not at least sketch a draught of the comedy . I then confidered , that it was not wholly impoffible to furmount , at least in part , the difficulties ...
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... nature of the comedy of that age , without omitting that of Menander * . Secondly , Upon the vices and government of the Athenians . Thirdly , Upon the notion we ought to entertain of Ariftophanes , with refpect to Efchylus , Sophocles ...
... nature of the comedy of that age , without omitting that of Menander * . Secondly , Upon the vices and government of the Athenians . Thirdly , Upon the notion we ought to entertain of Ariftophanes , with refpect to Efchylus , Sophocles ...
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... nature multiplies her works by imitating , or repeating her own act , when fhe feems most to run into variety . In this manner it was that comedy had its birth , its increafe , its im- provement , its perfection , and its diverfity . IV ...
... nature multiplies her works by imitating , or repeating her own act , when fhe feems most to run into variety . In this manner it was that comedy had its birth , its increafe , its im- provement , its perfection , and its diverfity . IV ...
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... nature of its fubjects . As to the Romans , whether they had , or had not , reason for thefe names , they have left us fo little upon the subject which is come down to us , that we need not trouble ourfelves with a diftinction which ...
... nature of its fubjects . As to the Romans , whether they had , or had not , reason for thefe names , they have left us fo little upon the subject which is come down to us , that we need not trouble ourfelves with a diftinction which ...
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