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 xvii
... study , what is written at laft with little felicity ; but in his comick fcenes , he feems to produce with- out labour , what no labour can improve . In tragedy he is always ftruggling after fome occafion to be comick , but in comedy he ...
... study , what is written at laft with little felicity ; but in his comick fcenes , he feems to produce with- out labour , what no labour can improve . In tragedy he is always ftruggling after fome occafion to be comick , but in comedy he ...
الصفحة xxxviii
... study him in the clofet , he must look for his meaning fometimes among the fports of the field , and fome- times among the manufactures of the fhop . There is however proof enough that he was a very diligent reader , nor was our ...
... study him in the clofet , he must look for his meaning fometimes among the fports of the field , and fome- times among the manufactures of the fhop . There is however proof enough that he was a very diligent reader , nor was our ...
الصفحة xl
... study , have been made fometimes with nice difcernment , but often with idle fubtilty , were yet unattempted . The tales , with which the infancy of learning was fatisfied , exhibited only the fuperficial appearances of action , related ...
... study , have been made fometimes with nice difcernment , but often with idle fubtilty , were yet unattempted . The tales , with which the infancy of learning was fatisfied , exhibited only the fuperficial appearances of action , related ...
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