Mr. Johnson's Preface to His Edition of Shakespear's Plays..J. and R. Tonson, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, L. Hawes, Clark and Collins, T. Longman, W. Johnston, T. Caslon, C. Corbet, T. Lownds, and the executors of B. Dodd., 1765 - 72 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة vi
... man can properly call a river deep or a mountain high , without the knowledge
of many mountains and many rivers ; so in the productions of genius , nothing
can be ftiled excellent till it has been compared with other works of the same kind
.
... man can properly call a river deep or a mountain high , without the knowledge
of many mountains and many rivers ; so in the productions of genius , nothing
can be ftiled excellent till it has been compared with other works of the same kind
.
الصفحة ix
... diligently they were frequented , the more was the student disqualified for the
world , because he found nothing there which he should ever meet in any other
place . The same remark may be applied to every stage but that of Shakespeare .
... diligently they were frequented , the more was the student disqualified for the
world , because he found nothing there which he should ever meet in any other
place . The same remark may be applied to every stage but that of Shakespeare .
الصفحة xxi
Shakespeare , indeed , was not the only violator of chronology , for in the same
age Sidney , who wanted not the advantages of learning , has , in his Arcadia ,
confounded the pastoral with the feudal times , the days of innocence , quie : and
...
Shakespeare , indeed , was not the only violator of chronology , for in the same
age Sidney , who wanted not the advantages of learning , has , in his Arcadia ,
confounded the pastoral with the feudal times , the days of innocence , quie : and
...
الصفحة xxxvii
Samuel Johnson. such easy coincidencies of thought , as will happen to all who
consider the same subjects ; or such remarks on life or axioms of morality as float
in conversation , and are transmitted through the world in proverbial sentences .
Samuel Johnson. such easy coincidencies of thought , as will happen to all who
consider the same subjects ; or such remarks on life or axioms of morality as float
in conversation , and are transmitted through the world in proverbial sentences .
الصفحة xlii
Those whom their fame invites to the same studies , copy parely them , and partly
nature , till the books of one age gain such authority , as to stand in the place of
nature to another , and initation , always deviating a lictle , becomes at last ...
Those whom their fame invites to the same studies , copy parely them , and partly
nature , till the books of one age gain such authority , as to stand in the place of
nature to another , and initation , always deviating a lictle , becomes at last ...
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