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 xxvi
... Such is the triumphant language with which a cri- tick exults over the mifery of an irregular poet , and exults commonly without refiftance or reply . It is time therefore to tell him , by the authority of Shake- Speare , that he ...
... Such is the triumphant language with which a cri- tick exults over the mifery of an irregular poet , and exults commonly without refiftance or reply . It is time therefore to tell him , by the authority of Shake- Speare , that he ...
الصفحة xxx
... Such violations of rules merely pofitive , become the comprehenfive genius of Shakespeare , and fuch cenfures are fuitable to the minute and slender criticism of Voltaire : Non ufque adeo permifcuit imis Longus fumma dies , ut non , fi ...
... Such violations of rules merely pofitive , become the comprehenfive genius of Shakespeare , and fuch cenfures are fuitable to the minute and slender criticism of Voltaire : Non ufque adeo permifcuit imis Longus fumma dies , ut non , fi ...
الصفحة xliii
... Such verfc we make when we are writing profe ; we make fuch verfe in common converfation . I know not whether this praife is rigorously juft . The diffyllable termination , which the critick rightly appropriates to the drama , is to be ...
... Such verfc we make when we are writing profe ; we make fuch verfe in common converfation . I know not whether this praife is rigorously juft . The diffyllable termination , which the critick rightly appropriates to the drama , is to be ...
الصفحة xlviii
... - lities of expreffion . Such must be his comprehenfion of thought , and fuch his copiouinefs of language . Out of many readings poffible , he must be able to 4 felect felect that which beft fuits with the ftate , opinions xlviii PREFACE .
... - lities of expreffion . Such must be his comprehenfion of thought , and fuch his copiouinefs of language . Out of many readings poffible , he must be able to 4 felect felect that which beft fuits with the ftate , opinions xlviii PREFACE .
الصفحة xlix
... Such muft be his knowledge , and fuch his tafte . Conjectural criticifm demands more than humanity poffeffes , and he that exercifes it with most praise has very frequent need of indulgence . Let us now be told no more of the dull duty ...
... Such muft be his knowledge , and fuch his tafte . Conjectural criticifm demands more than humanity poffeffes , and he that exercifes it with most praise has very frequent need of indulgence . Let us now be told no more of the dull duty ...
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