 This is undoubtedly a just and regular catastrophe, and the poem, therefore, has a beginning and an end which Aristotle himself could not have disapproved ; but it must be allowed to want a middle, since nothing passes between the first act and the last,...  The Rambler, by S. Johnson - Page 2241806Full view - About this book
 | 1803 - 296 pages
...destruction on himself. This is undoubtedly a just and regular catastrophe, and the poem, therefore, has a beginning and an end, which Aristotle himself could...whole drama, if its superfluities were cut off, would scarcely fill a single act ; yet this is the tragedy which ignorance has admired, and bigotry applauded.... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 300 pages
...bigotry. The principal, and in effect the only, objection, which he states, is, ' that the poem wants a middle, since nothing passes between the first act...the last, that either hastens or delays the death of Sampson.' This demands examination : the death of Sampson 1 need not describe ; it is a sudden, momentary... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 424 pages
...destruction on himself. This is undoubtedly a just and regular catastrophe, and the poem, therefore, has a beginning and an end which Aristotle himself could...whole drama, if its superfluities were cut off, would scarcely fill a single act ; yet this is the tragedy which ignorance has admired, and bigotry applauded.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 424 pages
...bigotry. The principal, and in effect the only, objection, which he states, is, ' that the poem wants a middle, since nothing passes between the first act...the last, that either hastens or delays the death of Sampson.' This demands examination : the death of Sampson I need not describe; it is a sudden, momentary... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 334 pages
...a just and regular catastrophe, and the poem, therefore, has a beginning and an end which driitotle himself could not have disapproved; but it must be...act and the last, that either hastens or delays the deatli of Samson. The whole drama, if its superfluities were cut off, would scarcely fill a single... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 412 pages
...destruction on himself. This is undoubtedly a just and regular catastrophe, and the poem, therefore, has a beginning and an end which Aristotle himself could...whole drama, if its superfluities were cut off, would scarcely fill a single act ; yet this is the tragedy which ignorance has admired, and bigotry applauded.... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 pages
...has done evident injustice, by asserting, that it wants a middle, and that " nothing passes betwen the first act and the last, that either hastens or delays the death of Sampson." Mr. Cumberland, nevertheless, has most satisfactorily proved, that this middle part of the... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 pages
...has done evident injustice, by asserting, that it wants a middle, and that " nothing passes betwen the first act and the last, that either hastens or delays the death of Sampson." Mr. Cumberland, nevertheless, has most satisfactorily proved, that this middle part of the... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 pages
...has done evident injustice, by asserting, that it wants a middle, and that " nothing; passes betwen the first act and the last, that either hastens or delays the death of Sampson." Mr. Cumberland, nevertheless, has most satisfactorily proved, that this middle part of the... | |
 | 1810 - 462 pages
...destruction on himself. , This is undoubtedly q. just and regular catastrophe, and the poem, therefore, has a beginning and an end which Aristotle himself could...whole drama, if its superfluities were cut off, would scarcely fill a single act ; yek this is the tragedy which ignorance has admired, and bigotry applauded.... | |
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