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 xlvi
... conjecture to a certain degree , were willing to indulge it a little further . Had the authour published his own works , we should have fat quietly down to disentangle his intricacies , and clear his obfcurities ; but now we tear what ...
... conjecture to a certain degree , were willing to indulge it a little further . Had the authour published his own works , we should have fat quietly down to disentangle his intricacies , and clear his obfcurities ; but now we tear what ...
الصفحة liii
... conjectures ; he at one time gives the authour more profundity of meaning than the sentence admits , and at another discovers abfur- dities , where the fenfe is plain to every other reader . But his emendations are likewife often happy ...
... conjectures ; he at one time gives the authour more profundity of meaning than the sentence admits , and at another discovers abfur- dities , where the fenfe is plain to every other reader . But his emendations are likewife often happy ...
الصفحة lv
... conjecture and emendation , it appears how falfely we all eftimate our own abilities , and the little which they have been able to perform might have taught them more candour to the endeavours of others . C 4 Before & Before Dr ...
... conjecture and emendation , it appears how falfely we all eftimate our own abilities , and the little which they have been able to perform might have taught them more candour to the endeavours of others . C 4 Before & Before Dr ...
الصفحة lvi
... conjecture . Critical , hiftorical and explanatory notes have been likewife published upon Shakespeare by Dr. Grey , whofe diligent perufal of the old English writers has enabled him to make fome ufeful obfervations . What he undertook ...
... conjecture . Critical , hiftorical and explanatory notes have been likewife published upon Shakespeare by Dr. Grey , whofe diligent perufal of the old English writers has enabled him to make fome ufeful obfervations . What he undertook ...
الصفحة lxi
... conjecture . The collator's province is fafe and eafy , the conjec- turer's perilous and difficult . Yet as the greater part of the plays are extant only in one copy , the peril muft not be avoided , nor the difficulty refufed . Of the ...
... conjecture . The collator's province is fafe and eafy , the conjec- turer's perilous and difficult . Yet as the greater part of the plays are extant only in one copy , the peril muft not be avoided , nor the difficulty refufed . Of the ...
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