The plays of William Shakespeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators. To which are added notes by S. Johnson, المجلد 1 |
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الصفحة xlix
... genius , with little of the artificial light of learning , but zealous for minute accuracy , and not negligent in purfuing it . He col- VOL . I. C lated lated the ancient copies , and rectified many errors . PREFACE . xlix.
... genius , with little of the artificial light of learning , but zealous for minute accuracy , and not negligent in purfuing it . He col- VOL . I. C lated lated the ancient copies , and rectified many errors . PREFACE . xlix.
الصفحة lix
... light hints , is not to be expected from any single scholiaft . All perfonal reflections , when names are fuppreffed , must be in a few years irrecoverably obliterated ; and customs , too minute to attract the notice of law , fuch as ...
... light hints , is not to be expected from any single scholiaft . All perfonal reflections , when names are fuppreffed , must be in a few years irrecoverably obliterated ; and customs , too minute to attract the notice of law , fuch as ...
الصفحة lxiii
... light can find its way ; nor would Huetius himself condemn me , as refuling the trouble of refearch , for the ambition of alteration . In this modeft industry I have not been unfuccessful . I have refcued many lines from the vio ...
... light can find its way ; nor would Huetius himself condemn me , as refuling the trouble of refearch , for the ambition of alteration . In this modeft industry I have not been unfuccessful . I have refcued many lines from the vio ...
الصفحة xci
... light very different from that difadvantageous one , in which it now ap- pears to us . This is the ftate in which Shakespear's writings lye at prefent ; for fince the abovementioned Folio Edi- tion , all the rest have implicitly ...
... light very different from that difadvantageous one , in which it now ap- pears to us . This is the ftate in which Shakespear's writings lye at prefent ; for fince the abovementioned Folio Edi- tion , all the rest have implicitly ...
الصفحة xciv
... Light fud- denly breaks upon you beyond what the Avenue at firft promis'd and a thoufand Beauties of Genius and Character , like fo many gaudy Apartments pouring at once upon the Eye , diffufe and throw themfelves out to the Mind . The ...
... Light fud- denly breaks upon you beyond what the Avenue at firft promis'd and a thoufand Beauties of Genius and Character , like fo many gaudy Apartments pouring at once upon the Eye , diffufe and throw themfelves out to the Mind . The ...
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againſt Angelo Anthonio Baff becauſe beft Ben Johnson Caliban Clown defire Demetrius doft doth ducats Duke Edition Efcal Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fafe faid Fairies falfe fame father feems fenfe fent fhall fhew fhould fince firft fleep fome fomething fometimes foul fpeak fpirit ftand ftill ftrange fuch fuppofe fure fwear fweet Giannetto give hath heav'n Hermia himſelf honour houfe houſe Ifab juftice lady laft Laun lefs loft lord Lucio Lyfander mafter moft moſt mufick muft muſt myſelf obferved occafion paffage paffion perfon play pleaſe pleaſure Poet Pompey pray prefent Profpero Protheus Prov Puck purpoſe Pyramus racter reafon reft SCENE Shakespear ſhall ſhe Shylock Silvia Solarino ſpeak Speed thee thefe THEOBALD theſe thing thofe thoſe thou art thouſand Thurio uſe Valentine Venice WARBURTON whofe word worfe
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة x - Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature. Particular manners can be known to few, and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied. The irregular combinations of fanciful invention may delight awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth.
الصفحة 53 - The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning ! And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant, Whether you will or no.
الصفحة xxv - A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller : he follows it at all adventures ; it is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to engulf him in the mire.
الصفحة 462 - I will be bound to pay it ten times o'er, On forfeit of my hands, my head, my heart: If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will.
الصفحة xxii - He carries his persons indifferently through right and wrong, and at the close dismisses them without further care, and leaves their examples to operate by chance. This fault the barbarity of his age cannot extenuate, for it is always a writer's duty to make the world better, and justice is a virtue independent on time or place.
الصفحة 433 - I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear! would she were hearsed at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin!
الصفحة 269 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
الصفحة 118 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it love-in-idleness.
الصفحة xxiii - ... with more zeal than judgment, to transfer to his imagined interpolators. We need not wonder to find Hector quoting Aristotle, when we see the loves of Theseus and Hippolyta combined with the Gothic mythology of fairies.
الصفحة lxxiii - ... you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read Nature; he looked inwards, and found her there.