 | Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 pages
...narrower principles. Dennis and Rhymer think his Romans not fufficiently Roman ; and Voltaire cenfures his kings as not completely royal. Dennis is offended, that Meneni-us, a fenator of Rome, mould play the buffoon ; and Voltaire perhaps thinks decency violated when the Danijb... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...preferves the efiemial Character, is not very careful of Diftinctions fuperinduced and adventitious. His Story requires Romans or Kings, but he thinks only on Men. He k«ew that Rome, like every other City, had Men of all Difpofitions; and wanting a Buffoon, he went... | |
 | George Colman - 1787 - 338 pages
...narrower principles. Dennis and Khymer think his Romans not fufficiently Roman; and Voltaire cenfures his Kings as not completely Royal. Dennis is offended, that Menenius, a Senator of Rome, fhouid play the buffoon ; and Voltaire perhaps, thinks decency violated when the Danifli ufurper is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 500 pages
...narrower principles. Dennis and Rymer think his Romans not fufficiently Roman ; and Voltaire cenfures his kings as not completely royal. Dennis is offended, that Menenius, a fenator of Rome, fhould play the buffoon ; and Voltaire perhaps thinks decency violated when the Danijh... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...censure of criticks, who form their judgments upon narrower principles. Dennis and Rymer think his Romans not sufficiently Roman; and Voltaire censures...the Danish usurper is represented as a drunkard. But Shakspere always makes nature predominate over accident; and, if he preserves the essential character,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...narrower principles. Dennis and Rymer think his Romans not fufh'ciemly Roman ; and Voltaire cenfures his kings as not completely royal. Dennis is offended, that Menenius, a fenator of Rome, íhould play the buffoon ; and Voltaire perhaps thinks decency violated when the Daniih... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 860 pages
...narrower principles. Dennis and Rymer think his Romans not fufficiently Roman ; and Voltaire cenfures his kings as not completely royal. Dennis is offended, that Menenius, a fenator of Rome, fhould play the buffoon; and Voltaire perhaps thinks decency violated when the Danifh... | |
 | History - 1793 - 620 pages
...narrower principles. Dennis and Rhymer thick his Romans not fuffiçiently Roman ; and Voltaire cenfures his kings as not completely royal. Dennis is offended, that Menenius, a fenator of Rome, fhould play the buffoon; g, ' ' vA and Voltaire perhaps thinks decency violated when... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...himself as multis pcrvulgatus paucis notus.' Gent. Mag. x. 262. ' See Boswell's Hebrides, Oct. I, 1773. * Johnson had joined Voltaire with Dennis and Rymer....censures his kings as not completely royal. Dennis is made ~— Aetat. 56.] Voltaire s attack on Johnson. 577 made an attack upon Johnson, in one of his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...as multis pervulgatvs paxcis notus.' Gent. Mag. x. 262. ' See Boswell's Hebrides, Oct. i, 1773. • Johnson had joined Voltaire with Dennis and Rymer....censures his kings as not completely royal. Dennis made an attack upon Johnson, in one of his numerous literary sallies, which I remember to have read... | |
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Dennis and Rymer think his Romans not sufficiently Roman; and Voltaire censures his kings as not completely royal. Dennis is offended that Menenius, a senator of Rome, should play the buffoon; and Voltaire perhaps thinks decency violated when the Danish... 
