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 vii
... or gloomy persuasion of the degeneracy of mankind , but is the consequence
of acknowledged and indubitable positions , that what has been longest known
has been most confidered , and what is most considered is best under tood .
... or gloomy persuasion of the degeneracy of mankind , but is the consequence
of acknowledged and indubitable positions , that what has been longest known
has been most confidered , and what is most considered is best under tood .
الصفحة xv
Fiction cannot move so much , but that the attention may be easily transferred ;
and though it must be allowed that pleasing melancholy be sometimes
interrupted by unwelcome levity , yet let it be considered likewise , that
melancholy is often ...
Fiction cannot move so much , but that the attention may be easily transferred ;
and though it must be allowed that pleasing melancholy be sometimes
interrupted by unwelcome levity , yet let it be considered likewise , that
melancholy is often ...
الصفحة xix
These observations are to be considered not as une exceptionably constant , but
as containing general and predominant truth . Shakespeare's familiar dialogue is
affirmed to be smooth and clear , yet not wholly without ruggedness or difficulty ...
These observations are to be considered not as une exceptionably constant , but
as containing general and predominant truth . Shakespeare's familiar dialogue is
affirmed to be smooth and clear , yet not wholly without ruggedness or difficulty ...
الصفحة 10
In restoring the authour's works to their integrity , I have considered the
punctuation as wholly in my power ; for what could be their care of cotons and
commas , who corrupted words and sentences . Whacever could be done by
adjusting points ...
In restoring the authour's works to their integrity , I have considered the
punctuation as wholly in my power ; for what could be their care of cotons and
commas , who corrupted words and sentences . Whacever could be done by
adjusting points ...
الصفحة 11
... margin , it must not be considered as very reprehensible , if I have suffered it to
play fome freaks in its own dominion . ... those changes may be safely offered ,
which d 1 ant are not considered even by him that offers them as P R E F A C E.
... margin , it must not be considered as very reprehensible , if I have suffered it to
play fome freaks in its own dominion . ... those changes may be safely offered ,
which d 1 ant are not considered even by him that offers them as P R E F A C E.
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