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 ix
His persons acl and speak by the influence of those general paffions and
principles by which all minds are agitated , and the whole system of life is
continued in motion . In the writings of other poets a character is too often an
individual ; in ...
His persons acl and speak by the influence of those general paffions and
principles by which all minds are agitated , and the whole system of life is
continued in motion . In the writings of other poets a character is too often an
individual ; in ...
الصفحة xv
An action which ended happily to be principal persons , however serious or
distressful through its intermediate incidents , in their opinion constituted a
comedy . This idea of a comedy continued long amongst us , and plays wstę
written , which ...
An action which ended happily to be principal persons , however serious or
distressful through its intermediate incidents , in their opinion constituted a
comedy . This idea of a comedy continued long amongst us , and plays wstę
written , which ...
الصفحة xvi
But a history might be continued through many plays ; as it had no plan , it had no
limits . Through all these denominations of the drama , Sbakefqeare's mode of
composition is the fame ; an interchange of seriousness and merriment , by which
...
But a history might be continued through many plays ; as it had no plan , it had no
limits . Through all these denominations of the drama , Sbakefqeare's mode of
composition is the fame ; an interchange of seriousness and merriment , by which
...
الصفحة lxi
... attention having been first drawn by the violence of the contention between
Pope and Theobald , has been continued by the persecution , which , with a kind
of conspiracy , has been since raised against all the publishers of Shakespeare .
... attention having been first drawn by the violence of the contention between
Pope and Theobald , has been continued by the persecution , which , with a kind
of conspiracy , has been since raised against all the publishers of Shakespeare .
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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