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
[ v ] P R E F A C E. TH THAT praises are without reason lavished on excellence
are paid to antiquity , is a complaint likely to be always continued by those , who ,
being able to add nothing to truth , hope for eminence from the heresies of ...
[ v ] P R E F A C E. TH THAT praises are without reason lavished on excellence
are paid to antiquity , is a complaint likely to be always continued by those , who ,
being able to add nothing to truth , hope for eminence from the heresies of ...
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 xxx
... able to find . The result of my enquiries , in which it would be ludicrous to boast
of impartiality , is , that the unities of time and place are not essential to a just
drama , ma , that though they may sometimes conduce to pleafure XXX PRE
FACE .
... able to find . The result of my enquiries , in which it would be ludicrous to boast
of impartiality , is , that the unities of time and place are not essential to a just
drama , ma , that though they may sometimes conduce to pleafure XXX PRE
FACE .
الصفحة xlviii
This was a work which Pope seems to have thought unworthy of his abilities ,
being not able to suppress his contempt of the dull duty of an editor . He
understood but half his undertaking . The duty of a collator is indeed dull , yet ,
like other ...
This was a work which Pope seems to have thought unworthy of his abilities ,
being not able to suppress his contempt of the dull duty of an editor . He
understood but half his undertaking . The duty of a collator is indeed dull , yet ,
like other ...
الصفحة lv
... it appears how falsely we all estimate our own abilities , and the little which
they have been able to perform might have taught them more candour to the
endeavours of others . Before C4 $ Before Dr. Warburton's edition , Critical
observations ...
... it appears how falsely we all estimate our own abilities , and the little which
they have been able to perform might have taught them more candour to the
endeavours of others . Before C4 $ Before Dr. Warburton's edition , Critical
observations ...
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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