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 vii
... scenes which they once illuminated . The ef- fects of favour and competition are at an end ; the tradition of his friendfhips and his enmities has pe- rifhed ; his works fupport no opinion with argu- ments , nor fupply any faction with ...
... scenes which they once illuminated . The ef- fects of favour and competition are at an end ; the tradition of his friendfhips and his enmities has pe- rifhed ; his works fupport no opinion with argu- ments , nor fupply any faction with ...
الصفحة xiii
... scenes , as it extends to all his works , de- ferves more confideration . Let the fact be first stated , and then examined . Shakespeare's plays are not in the rigorous or cri- tical fenfe either tragedies or comedies , but compo ...
... scenes , as it extends to all his works , de- ferves more confideration . Let the fact be first stated , and then examined . Shakespeare's plays are not in the rigorous or cri- tical fenfe either tragedies or comedies , but compo ...
الصفحة xvii
... scenes there is always fome- thing wanting , but his comedy often furpaffes expec- tation or defire . His comedy pleafes by the thoughts and the language , and his tragedy for the greater part by incident and action . His tragedy feems ...
... scenes there is always fome- thing wanting , but his comedy often furpaffes expec- tation or defire . His comedy pleafes by the thoughts and the language , and his tragedy for the greater part by incident and action . His tragedy feems ...
الصفحة xxi
... scenes he is feldom very fuccefsful , when he engages his characters in reciprocations of fmartness and conteft of farcasm ; their jefts are com- monly gross , and their pleasantry licentious ; neither his gentlemen nor his ladies have ...
... scenes he is feldom very fuccefsful , when he engages his characters in reciprocations of fmartness and conteft of farcasm ; their jefts are com- monly gross , and their pleasantry licentious ; neither his gentlemen nor his ladies have ...
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... scenes ; but it ought not to be imputed to negli- gence , that , where nothing was neceffary , nothing has been done ... scene to the laft , with utter negli gence of all his commentators . When his fancy is once on the wing , let it not ...
... scenes ; but it ought not to be imputed to negli- gence , that , where nothing was neceffary , nothing has been done ... scene to the laft , with utter negli gence of all his commentators . When his fancy is once on the wing , let it not ...
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