 It may be observed, that in many of his plays the latter part is evidently neglected. When he found himself near the end of his work, and in view of his reward, he shortened the labour to snatch the profit. He therefore remits his efforts where he should...  The Eton miscellany, by Bartholomew Bouverie - Page 43by Eton miscellany - 1827Full view - About this book
 | Aristotle - Rhetoric, Ancient - 1890 - 540 pages
...: see note 59. It was with the Greek tragedians, probably, as with Shakspeare. — " In many of his plays the latter part is evidently neglected. When...improbably produced, or imperfectly represented." Johnson's Pref. to Shakspeare. Twining. 8 This passage is contradictory and unintelligible. S^J Hitter,... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - English literature - 1891 - 728 pages
...be more affecting, for the sake of those which are more easy. It may be observed that in many of his plays the latter part is evidently neglected. When...is improbably produced or imperfectly represented. He had no regard to distinction of time or place, but gives to one age or nation, without scruple,... | |
 | Hermann Ulrici - 1895 - 578 pages
...he seems not always fully to comprehend his own design . . . It may be observed that in many of his plays the latter part is evidently neglected. When...exert them, and his catastrophe is improbably produced and imperfectly represented.' Johnson then proceeds with his well-known censure that Shakspeare ' had... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - American essays - 1900 - 454 pages
...be more affecting, for the sake of those which are more easy. It may be observed that in many of his plays the latter part is evidently neglected. When...work, and in view of his reward, he shortened the labor to snatch the profit. He therefore remits his efforts where he should most vigorously exert them,... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 434 pages
...be more affecting, for the sake of those which are more easy. It may be observed that in many of his plays the latter part is evidently neglected. When...is improbably produced or imperfectly represented. He had no regard to distinction of time or place, but gives to one age or nation, without scruple,... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 450 pages
...be more affecting, for the sake of those which are more easy. It may be observed that in many of his plays the latter part is evidently neglected. When...is improbably produced or imperfectly represented. He had no regard to distinction of time or place, but gives to one age or nation, without scruple,... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 434 pages
...be more affecting, for the sake of those which are more easy. It may be observed that in many of his plays the latter part is evidently neglected. When he found himself near the end of 1iis work, and in view of his reward, he shortened the labour to snatch the profit. He therefore remits... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - Digital images - 1905 - 422 pages
...more affecting, for the sake of those which are more easy. 5 It may be observed that in many of his plays the latter part is evidently neglected. When...his work and in view of his reward, he shortened the labor to snatch the profit. He therefore remits his efforts where he should most vigorously exert them,... | |
 | Beverley Ellison Warner - Drama - 1906 - 328 pages
...more affecting, for the sake of those which are more easy. It may be observed, that in many of his plays, the latter part is evidently neglected. When...is improbably produced or imperfectly represented. He had no regard to distinction of time or place, but ^ gives to one age or nation, without scruple,... | |
 | Francis Asbury Smith - 1907 - 144 pages
...that he seems not always fully to comprehend his own design." " It may be observed that in many of his plays the latter part is evidently neglected. When...work, and in view of his reward, he shortened the labor to snatch the profit. He therefore remits his efforts where he should most vigorously exert them,... | |
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