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 xix
I shall fhew them in the proportion in which they appear to me , without envious
malignicy or superstitious veneration . No question can be more innocently
discussed than a dead poet's pretensions to renown ; and little regard is due to
chat ...
I shall fhew them in the proportion in which they appear to me , without envious
malignicy or superstitious veneration . No question can be more innocently
discussed than a dead poet's pretensions to renown ; and little regard is due to
chat ...
الصفحة xliv
... for present praise , and those who find themselves exalted into fame , are
willing to credit their encomiasts , and to fpare the labour of contending with
themselves . It It does not appear , that Shakespeare thought his works xliv
P R E F A C E.
... for present praise , and those who find themselves exalted into fame , are
willing to credit their encomiasts , and to fpare the labour of contending with
themselves . It It does not appear , that Shakespeare thought his works xliv
P R E F A C E.
الصفحة xlv
It does not appear , that Shakespeare thought his works worthy of posterity , that
he levied any ideal tribuce upon future cimes , or had any further profpeat , than
of present popularity and present profit . When his plays had been acted , his ...
It does not appear , that Shakespeare thought his works worthy of posterity , that
he levied any ideal tribuce upon future cimes , or had any further profpeat , than
of present popularity and present profit . When his plays had been acted , his ...
الصفحة liv
The tide of seeming knowledge which is poured over one generation , retires and
leaves another naked and barren ; the sudden meteors of intelligence which for a
while appear to shout their beams into the regions of obscuricy , on a sudden ...
The tide of seeming knowledge which is poured over one generation , retires and
leaves another naked and barren ; the sudden meteors of intelligence which for a
while appear to shout their beams into the regions of obscuricy , on a sudden ...
الصفحة lv
... passages ; but when they aspire to conjecture and emendation , 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 .
... passages ; but when they aspire to conjecture and emendation , 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 .
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