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" A play in which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the common events of human life ; but since all reasonable beings naturally love justice, I cannot easily be persuaded, that the... "
Dramatic Miscellanies: Consisting of Critical Observations on Several Plays ... - Page 262
by Thomas Davies - 1783
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The Plays of William Shakespeare in Eight Volumes: With the ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1765 - 652 pages
...doubtlefs be good, becaofe it is a jult reprefentation of the common events of human life : but iince all reafonable beings naturally love juftice, I cannot eafily be perfuaded, that the obfervation of juilice makes a play worfe ; or, that if other excellencies are equal, the audience will not always...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare. In Ten Volumes: Troilus and Cressida ...

William Shakespeare - 1773 - 514 pages
...doubtlefs be good, becaufe it is a juft reprefentatjon of the common events of human life : but fmce all reafonable beings naturally love juftice, I cannot...of juftice makes a play worfe ; or, that if other excellencies are equal, the audience will not always rife better pleafed from the final triumph of...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare ...

William Shakespeare - 1785 - 632 pages
...reprefeat^tion of the common events of human life : but fnice all realbnable beings naturally love juilice, I cannot eafily be perfuaded, that the obfervation of juftice makes a play worfe ; or, that if other excellencies are equal, the audience will not always rife better pleated from the final triumph of...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Adventurer. Philological tracts

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 pages
...doubtlefs be good, becaufe it is a juft reprefentation of the common events of human life : but fince all reafonable beings naturally love juftice, I cannot...of juftice makes a play worfe ; or, that if other excellencies are equal, the audience will not always rife better pleafed from the final triumph of...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 454 pages
...human life: but fince all reafonable beings naturally love juftice, I cannot eafily be perfuadeci.that the obfervation of juftice makes a play worfe ; or, that if other excellencies are equal, the audience will not always rife better pleafed from the final triumph of...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...naturally love justice, I cannot easily be persuaded, that the observation of justice makes a play worse ; or, that if other excellences are equal, the audience will not always rise better pleased from the final triumph of persecuted virtue. In the present case the public has...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 414 pages
...naturally love justice, I cannot easily be persuaded, that the observation of justice makes a play worse ; or, that if other excellences are equal, the audience will not always rise better pleased from the final triumph of persecuted virtue. In the present case the public has...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: Troilus and ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 414 pages
...naturally love justice, I cannot easily be persuaded, that the observation of justice makes a play worse ; or, that if other excellences are equal, the audience will not always rise better pleased from the final triumph of persecuted virtue. In the present case the public has...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pages
...naturally love justice, I cannot easily be persuaded, that the observation of justice makes a play worse; or that, if other excellences are equal, the audience will not always rise better pleased from the final triumph of persecuted virtue. In the present case the public has...
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King Lear. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 534 pages
...naturally love justice, I cannot easily be persuaded that the observation of justice makes a play worse ; or that, if other excellences are equal, the audience will not always rise better pleased from the final triumph of persecuted virtue. In the present case, the public has...
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