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 v
... able to add nothing to truth , hope for eminence from the herefies of paradox ; or thofe , who , being forced by difappointment upon confolatory expedients , are willing to hope from pofterity what the prefent age refufes , and flatter ...
... able to add nothing to truth , hope for eminence from the herefies of paradox ; or thofe , who , being forced by difappointment upon confolatory expedients , are willing to hope from pofterity what the prefent age refufes , and flatter ...
الصفحة vii
... able to do little more than tranfpofe his incidents , new name his characters , and paraphrafe his fentiments . The reverence due to writings that have long fub- fifted arifes therefore not from any credulous confi- dence in the ...
... able to do little more than tranfpofe his incidents , new name his characters , and paraphrafe his fentiments . The reverence due to writings that have long fub- fifted arifes therefore not from any credulous confi- dence in the ...
الصفحة xxx
... able to find . The refult of my enquiries , in which it would be ludicrous to boast of impartiality , is , that the uni- ties of time and place are not effential to a juft dra- ma , ma , that though they may fometimes conduce to plea ...
... able to find . The refult of my enquiries , in which it would be ludicrous to boast of impartiality , is , that the uni- ties of time and place are not effential to a juft dra- ma , ma , that though they may fometimes conduce to plea ...
الصفحة xxxii
... , or to men and women of high rank . The publick was grofs and dark ; and to be able to read and write , was an ac- complishment still valued for its rarity . Nations , Nations , like individuals , have their infancy . A xxxii PREFACE .
... , or to men and women of high rank . The publick was grofs and dark ; and to be able to read and write , was an ac- complishment still valued for its rarity . Nations , Nations , like individuals , have their infancy . A xxxii PREFACE .
الصفحة xxxiv
... able curiofity , and compelling him that reads his work to read it through . The fhows and bustle with which his plays abound have the fame original . As knowledge advances , pleasure paffes from the eye to the ear , but returns , as it ...
... able curiofity , and compelling him that reads his work to read it through . The fhows and bustle with which his plays abound have the fame original . As knowledge advances , pleasure paffes from the eye to the ear , but returns , as it ...
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