 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 454 pages
...principles arifing from genuine paffion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleafures and vexations are communicable to all times and to...therefore durable : the adventitious peculiarities of perfonal habits are only fuperficial dyes, bright and pleafing for a little while, yet foon fading... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...words. As his personages act upon principles arising from genuine passion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleasures and vexations are...peculiarities of personal habits, are only superficial dies, bright and pleasing for a little while, yet soon fading to a dim tinct, without any remains of... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson - 1803 - 542 pages
...principles arifing from genuine paffion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleafures and vexations are communicable to all times and to...therefore durable ; the adventitious peculiarities of perfonal habits, are only fuperficial dies, bright and pleafing for a little while, yet foon fading... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pages
...words. As his personages act upon principles arising from genuine passion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleasures and vexations are...durable; the adventitious peculiarities of personal hahits, are only superficial dyes, bright and pleasing for a little *hile, yet soon fading to a dim... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1802 - 422 pages
...ariiing from genuine paffion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleafures and vexa» tions are communicable to all times and to all places ;...therefore durable ; the adventitious peculiarities of perfonal habits are only fuperficial dies, bright and plealing for a little while, yet foon fading... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pages
...words. As his personage* act upon principles arising from genuine passion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleasures and vexations are...peculiarities of personal habits, are only superficial dies, bright and pleasing for a little while, yet soon fading to a dim tinct, without any remains of... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 pages
...in his God ! This tomb may perish, bat not so bis name, Who shed new lustre upon SHAKSPKARX'S famtl and vexations are communicable to all times and to...a dim tinct, without any remains of former lustre; and the discrimination of true passion are the colours of nature; they pervade the whole mass, and... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 pages
...God! This tomb may perish, but not so his name, "•''a.- shed new lustre upon SIIAKSPEABK'I famtl and vexations are communicable to all times and to...a dim tinct, without any remains of former lustre; and the discrimination of true passion are the colours of nature; they pervade the whole mass, and... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 pages
...tomb may perish, but not so his name, BTw shed new luttre upon SHAKSPEARK'> fam,l and vexations arc communicable to all times and to all places; they...a dim tinct, without any remains of former lustre; and the discrimination of true passion are the colours of nature; they pervade the whole mass, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...words. As his personages act upon principles arising from genuine passion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleasures and vexations are...peculiarities of personal habits, are only superficial dies, bright and pleasing for a little while, yet soon fading to a dim tinct, without any remains of... | |
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The force of his comic scenes has suffered little diminution from the changes made by a century and a half, in manners or in words. As his personages act upon principles arising from genuine passion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleasures... 
