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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... "
Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell [ed. by J.W. Croker]. - Page 391
edited by - 1836
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...words. As his personages act upon principles arising from genuine passion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleasures and vexations are communicable to all times and to aU places; they are natural, and therefore durable; the adventitious peculiarities of personal habits,...
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Historical and critical matter The tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry ...

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 510 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 dramatic works of William Shakspeare. Whittingham's ed, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 532 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 aad pleasing for a little while, yet soon fading to a dim tinct. without any remains of...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 470 pages
...words. At his personages act upon principles arising from srennine passion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleasures and vexations are...durable; the adventitious peculiarities of personal hahits, are only superficial dies, bright and pleasing for a little while, yet soon fading to a dim...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 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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Elegant extracts, Volume 55

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...particular forms, their pleasures and vexations are coramunittble to all tiraej and to all placei ; they are natural, and therefore durable; the adventitious...pleasing for a little while, yet soon fading to a dim tint, without any remains of former lustre ; but the discriminations of true passion are the colours...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 492 pages
...words. As his personages act upon principles arising from genuine passion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleasures and vexations are...all places ; they are natural, and therefore durable TTthe adventitious peculiarities of personal habits are only superficial dyes, bright and pleasing...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pages
...words. As his personages, act upon principles arising from genuine passion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleasures and vexations are communicable to all times and to all places i they are natural, and therefore durable. The adventitious peculiarities of personal habits are only...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Some account of Shakespeare's ...

William Shakespeare - 1817 - 350 pages
...words. As his personages act upon principles arising from genuine passion, very little modified by particular forms, their pleasures and vexations are...therefore durable ; the adventitious peculiarities of pereonal habits, are only superficial dies, bright and pleasing for a little while, yet soon fading...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 676 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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