 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 510 sidor
...est." Plauti. Pseudolus, Act I. sc. iv. STEEVENS. He was inclined to show an usurper and a murderer not only odious, but despicable ; he therefore added...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 436 sidor
...the senate-house would certainly have afforded him. He was inclined to shew an usurper and a murderer not only odious, but despicable ; he therefore added...knowing that kings love wine like other men, and that ".vine exerts its natural power upon kings. These are the petty cauls of petty minds ; a poet overlooks... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 532 sidor
...senate, house would certainly have afforded him. He was inclined to show an usurper and a murderer not only odious, but despicable ; he therefore added...of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery. The censure which he has incurred by mixing comic and tragic... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 470 sidor
...the senatehouse would certainly have afforded him. He was inclined to show an usurper and a murderer not only odious but despicable; he therefore added...other men. and that wine exerts its natural power upon kinas. These are the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 492 sidor
...the senate-house would certainly have afforded him. He was inclined to shew an usurper and a murderer not only odious, but despicable; he therefore added...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 514 sidor
...the senate-house would certainly have afforded him. He was inclined to shew an usurper and a murderer not only odious, but despicable ; he therefore added...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... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 sidor
...the senatehouse would certainly have afforded him. He was inclined to shew an usurper and a murderer not only odious, but despicable ; he therefore added...kings love wine like other men, and that wine exerts it* natural power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the casual... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1816 - 380 sidor
...Shakspeare's Romans are not sufficiently Roman, and his kings not completely royal. " These," says he, " are the petty cavils of petty minds. A poet overlooks the casual distinctions of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery."... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 350 sidor
...the senate-house would certainly have afforded him. He was inclined to shew an usurper and a murderer not only odious, but despicable ; he therefore added...of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery. The censure which he has incurred by mixing comic and tragic... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 sidor
...to show an usurper and a murderer,, not only odious, but despicable ; he therefore added drankenness to his other qualities, knowing that kings love wine...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... | |
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He was inclined to show an usurper and a murderer not only odious but despicable, he therefore added drunkenness to his other qualities, knowing that kings love wine like other men, and that wine exerts its natural power upon kings. These are the petty... 
