| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pągines
...power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery.' Johnson's Works, v. 109. Johnson had previously attacked Voltaire, in his Memoirs of Frederick the... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pągines
...power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery.' Johnson's Works, v. 109. Johnson had previously attacked Voltaire, in his Memoirs of Frederick the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pągines
...power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery. The censure which he has incurred by mixing comick and tragick scenes, as it extends to all his works,... | |
| John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 pągines
...knowing that kings love wine like " other men, and that wine exerts its natural " power upon kings. These are the petty cavils " of petty minds ; a poet overlooks...satisfied with the figure, neglects the " drapery." Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland. Row, St. James's. Bookbinding Co.. Inc. 300 Summer Street Boston.... | |
| Oriental tales - 1805 - 168 pągines
...artists, which it may also be useful to notice. He says : " A poet overlooks the casual distinction of country, and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery." On this I would beg to observe, that what is often slightly marked in the works of the best artists,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pągines
...power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery. The censure which he has incurred by mixing comick and tragick scenes, as it extends to all his works,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pągines
...power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the draper}-. The censure which he has incurred by mixing coinick and tragick scenes, as it extends to... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pągines
...power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery. The censure which he has incurred by mixing comick and tragick scenes, as it extends to all his works,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pągines
...power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery. The censure which he has incurred by mixing comick and tragick scenes, as it extends to all his works,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 pągines
...power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery. The censure which he has incurred by mixing comick and tragick scenes, as it extends to all his works,... | |
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