...celebrated; and we are therefore willing to believe, that the approbation bestowed upon these shows, "though long continued, may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion." " Nothing," says Dr. Johnson, f "can please many, and please long, but just representations...

...at every transmission. lint because human judgment, though it be gradually gaining upon certainly, never becomes infallible ; and approbation, though...continued, may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion ; it is proper to inquire, by what peculiarities of excellence Shakspearc has gained and kept...

...devolved from one generation to another, have received new honors at every transmission. But because human judgment, though it be gradually gaining upon...continued, may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion ; it is proper to inquire, by what peculiarities of excellence Shakspeare has gained and kepi...

...devolved from one generation to another, have received new honors at every transmission. But because human judgment, though it be gradually gaining upon...though long continued, may yet be only the approbation nt prejudice or fashion; it is proper to inquire, by what peculiarities of excellence Shak*peare has...

...friends, power, influence. Not all kings have succeeded in gaining the love of the people (Trusler). Human judgment, though it be gradually gaining upon certainty, never becomes infallible (Johnson). Neither Virgil nor Horace would have gained so great reputation in the world had they not...

...transmission * I!ut because human judgment, though it be gradually gaining upon certainty, never become« infallible ; and approbation, though long continued,...* may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion ; it is proper to inquire, by what peculiarities of excellence Shakspeare lias gained and kept...

...artificial life afforded him, now only obscure the scenes which they once illuminated. But because human judgment, though it be gradually gaining upon...continued, may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion; it is proper to inquire, by what peculiarities of excellence Shakespeare has gained and kept...

...devolved from one generation to another, have received new honours at every transmission. But because human judgment, though it be gradually gaining upon...continued, may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion ; it is proper to inquire, by what peculiarities of excellence Shakespeare has gained and kept...

...devolved from one generation to another, have received new honours at every transmission. But because human judgment, though it be gradually gaining upon...may yet be .■ only the approbation of prejudice or fashion—it is proper to inquire by what peculiarities of excellence Shakespeare has gained and kept...

...devolved from one generation to another, have received new honours at every transmission. But because human judgment, though it be gradually gaining upon...continued, may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion; it is proper to inquire, by what peculiarities of excellence Shakespeare has gained and kept...