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
1 > intelligence , but by remarking , that pation after nafion , and century after
century , has been able to do little more than transpose his incidents , new name
his characters , and paraphrase his sentiments . The reverence due to writings
that ...
1 > intelligence , but by remarking , that pation after nafion , and century after
century , has been able to do little more than transpose his incidents , new name
his characters , and paraphrase his sentiments . The reverence due to writings
that ...
الصفحة ix
... select quotations , will succeed like the pedant in Hierocles , who , when he
offered his house to fale , carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen . It will not
easily be imagined how much Shakeseare excells in accommodating his
sentiments ...
... select quotations , will succeed like the pedant in Hierocles , who , when he
offered his house to fale , carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen . It will not
easily be imagined how much Shakeseare excells in accommodating his
sentiments ...
الصفحة xix
... unfit for cultivation : His characters are praised as nacural , though their
sentiments are fometimes forced , and their actions improbable ; as the earth
upon the whole is spherical , though its surface is varied with protuberances and
cavities .
... unfit for cultivation : His characters are praised as nacural , though their
sentiments are fometimes forced , and their actions improbable ; as the earth
upon the whole is spherical , though its surface is varied with protuberances and
cavities .
الصفحة xxii
It is incident to him to be now and then entangled with an unwieldy sentiment ,
which he cannot well express , and will not ... the equality of words to things is
very often neglected , and trivial sentiments and vulgar 5 vulgar ideas disappoint
the ...
It is incident to him to be now and then entangled with an unwieldy sentiment ,
which he cannot well express , and will not ... the equality of words to things is
very often neglected , and trivial sentiments and vulgar 5 vulgar ideas disappoint
the ...
الصفحة xxxv
We find in Cato innumerable beauties which enamour us of its authour , but we
see nothing that acquaints us with human sentiments or human actions ; we
place it with the fireft and the noblest progeny which judgment propagates by ...
We find in Cato innumerable beauties which enamour us of its authour , but we
see nothing that acquaints us with human sentiments or human actions ; we
place it with the fireft and the noblest progeny which judgment propagates by ...
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able action ancient appear attention authour becauſe believe cenſure characters comedy common commonly conjecture conſidered continued copies corrupted criticiſm criticks deſign dialogue diligence diſcovered diſtinction drama eaſily eaſy edition editor elegance emendations endeavoured Engliſh excellence exhibited fame faults firſt follows force give given greater himſelf hiſtory hope human ignorance imagination imitation incidents inſtruct juſt knowledge known labour language laſt learning meaning mind modes moſt muſt nature neceſſary never notes obſcure obſerved opinion original particular paſſages performance perhaps Plautus plays pleaſe pleaſure poet Pope praiſe preſent preſerved principles produced publiſhed reader reaſon received repreſented reſt ſame ſay ſcenes ſeems ſentiments Shakeſpeare ſhould ſome ſometimes ſtage ſtate ſtudy ſuch ſuffered ſufficient ſuppoſe theſe thing thoſe thought tion tragedy truth unities uſe whole writer written