 The cause of Congreve was not tenable; whatever glosses he might use for the defence or palliation of single passages, the general tenour and tendency of his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal...  The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Página 14por Samuel Johnson - 1781Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 418 páginas
...his plays must always be condemned. It is acknowledged, with universal conviction, that the perusal of his wor.ks will make no man better ; and that their ultimate effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice, and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be... | |
 | 1801 - 916 páginas
...tenour and tendency of his plays muft always be condemned. It is acknowledged with univerfal conviilion, that the perufal of his works will make no man better | and that their ultimate effefl is to reprefent pieafure in alliance with vice, and to rda£ thofe obligations by which life... | |
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