 | William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 pages
...often writes with great appearance of toil and ftudy,'' what is written at laft with little felicity; but in his comick fcenes he feems to produce without...ftruggling after fome occafion to be comick, but in comedy be fc£rrjs!to,repofe, or to luxuriate, as in a mode of thinking congenial to his nature. In his tragick... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...of Toil and Study, what is written at laft with little Felicity ; but in his comic Scenes he ieems to produce without Labour, what no Labour can improve. In Tragedy he is always ftruggling after fotne Occafion to be comick ; but in Comedy he feems to repofe, or to luxuriate, as in a Mode of Thinking... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1778 - 746 pages
...often writes with great appearance of toil and ftudy, what is written at laft with little felicity ; 1 but in his comick fcenes, he feems to produce without...labour, what no labour can improve. In tragedy he i> always Itruggling after fome occafion to be comick, but in comedy he feems to repofe, or to luxuriate,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 500 pages
...appearance of toil and iiudy, what is written at laft with little felicity ; but, in his comick lcer.es, he feems to produce, without labour, what no labour...improve. In tragedy he is always ftruggling after fomeoccafion to be corruck ; but in comedy he feems to repofe, or to luxuriate, as in a mode of thinking... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...toil and study, what is written at last with little felicity j but in his coraick scenes, he seems to. produce, without labour, what no labour can improve. In tragedy he is always struggling after some occasion to becomick; but in comedy he seems to repose, pr to luxuriate, as in... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...great appearance of toil and Itudy, what is written at lail with little felicity ; but in his comic fcenes, he feems to produce, without labour, what...improve. In tragedy he is always ftruggling after fome cccafion to be comic ; but in comedy he feems to repofe, or to luxuriate, as in a mode of thinking... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 860 pages
...often writes with great appearance of toil and lludy, what is written at laft with little felicity ; but in his comick fcenes, he feems to produce without...improve. In tragedy he is always ftruggling after fome occaflon to be comick, but in comedy he feems to repofe, or to luxuriate, as in a mode of thinking... | |
 | History - 1793 - 620 pages
...great appearance of toil and ftudy, what is written at laft with little felicity ; but in his comic fcenes, he feems to produce without labour, what no...he is always ftruggling after fome occafion to be comic ; but in comedy he feems to repofe, or to luxuriate, as in a mode of thinking congenial to his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1800 - 330 pages
...often writes with great appearance of toil and ftudy, what is written at laft with little felicity ; but in his comick fcenes, he feems to produce without...ftruggling after fome occafion to be comick, but in comedy lie feems to repofe, or to luxuriate, as in a mode of thinking congenial to his nature. In his tragick... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 454 pages
...appearance 0f toil and ftudy, what is written at laft with little felicity; but, in his comick icenes, he feems to produce, without labour, what no labour...improve. In tragedy he is always ftruggling after feme occafion to be comick ; but in comedy he feems to repofe, or to luxuriate, as in a mode of thinking... | |
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... his disposition, as Rhymer has remarked, led him to comedy. In tragedy he often writes with great appearance of toil and study, what is... 
