 | Edward W. Rosenheim - 1961 - 248 стор.
...human behavior in some specifiably important ways, or, in Dr. Johnson's finer speech, characters who "act and speak by the influence of those general passions...agitated and the whole system of life is continued in motion."18 As for Huck's honesty, his sense of responsibility, and his humane sympathies, I take it... | |
 | L. C. Knights - 1979 - 326 стор.
...nature. . . . His persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and prin202 ciples by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system...character is too often an individual; in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species. It is from this wide extension of design that so much instruction... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 стор.
...supply, and observation will always find. This is the basis of Johnson's high estimate of Shakespeare. "His persons act and speak by the influence of those...the whole system of life is continued in motion." For Johnson as for so many readers and critics of his age, it was the duty of a poet to give pleasure,... | |
 | E. M. Forster - 1985 - 404 стор.
...criticise characters in Shakespeare soundly, and praises him for being not merely universal but abstract. general passions and principles by which all minds...character is too often an individual : in those of S. it is commonly a species. [In the last sentence J. goes off the rails (i) he confuses personality... | |
 | George Alexander Kennedy, Marshall Brown - 1989 - 532 стор.
...rather, they are 'common humanity, such as the world will always supply'. This means that Shakespeare's 'persons act and speak by the influence of those general...passions and principles by which all minds are agitated'. For most writers 'a character is too often an individual', but in the plays of Shakespeare a character... | |
 | Michael J. Sidnell - 1991 - 298 стор.
...been slightly modified. 1 5 Meaning the editing. 16 The social life of the time. 17 Self-interest. always supply, and observation will always find. His...character is too often an individual; in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species. It is from this wide extension of design that so much instruction... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1992 - 770 стор.
...Preface to Shakespeare (1765) was that they were 'the genuine progeny of common humanity, such as the world will always supply, and observation will always...passions and principles by which all minds are agitated ... In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual; in those of Shakespeare... | |
 | Brian Vickers - 1995 - 585 стор.
...transient fashions or temporary opinions: they are the genuine progeny of common humanity, such as the world will always supply, and observation will always...character is too often an individual; in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species. It is from this wide extension of design that so much instruction... | |
 | June Schlueter - 1995 - 156 стор.
...relevance of Johnson's comments to the reading process becomes apparent when he notices how such characters "act and speak by the influence of those general passions...and the whole system of life is continued in motion" 7 (my emphasis). Through a process of identification and differentiation (Johnson clearly values the... | |
 | Donna B. Hamilton, Richard Strier - 1996 - 312 стор.
...justifies Shakespeare's canonical preeminence. they are the genuine progeny of common humanity . . . His persons act and speak by the influence of those...and the whole system of life is continued in motion . . . Shakespeare has no heroes; his scenes are occupied only by men, who act and speak as the reader... | |
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His persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued in motion. 
