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 xliv
... corrupted language by every mode of depravation , but which his admirer has accumu- lated as a monument of honour . He has fcenes of undoubted and perpetual excel- lence , but perhaps not one play , which , if it were now exhibited as ...
... corrupted language by every mode of depravation , but which his admirer has accumu- lated as a monument of honour . He has fcenes of undoubted and perpetual excel- lence , but perhaps not one play , which , if it were now exhibited as ...
الصفحة xlvi
... corrupted many paffages perhaps beyond recovery , but have brought others into fufpicion , which are only obfcured by obfolete phrafeology , or by the writer's unfkilful- ness and affectation . To alter is more eafy than to explain ...
... corrupted many paffages perhaps beyond recovery , but have brought others into fufpicion , which are only obfcured by obfolete phrafeology , or by the writer's unfkilful- ness and affectation . To alter is more eafy than to explain ...
الصفحة xlviii
... corrupted piece , he must have before him all poffibilities of meaning , with all poffibi- lities of expreffion . Such must be his comprehenfion of thought , and fuch his copiouinefs of language . Out of many readings poffible , he must ...
... corrupted piece , he must have before him all poffibilities of meaning , with all poffibi- lities of expreffion . Such must be his comprehenfion of thought , and fuch his copiouinefs of language . Out of many readings poffible , he must ...
الصفحة liv
... corrupted and obfcured him . The opinions prevalent in one age , as truths above the reach of controverfy , are confuted and rejected in another , and rise again to reception in remoter times . Thus the human mind is kept in motion ...
... corrupted and obfcured him . The opinions prevalent in one age , as truths above the reach of controverfy , are confuted and rejected in another , and rise again to reception in remoter times . Thus the human mind is kept in motion ...
الصفحة lxi
... corrupted paffages , to which the pub- lick attention having been firft drawn by the violence of the contention between Pope and Theobald , has been continued by the perfecution , which , with a kind of confpiracy , has been fince ...
... corrupted paffages , to which the pub- lick attention having been firft drawn by the violence of the contention between Pope and Theobald , has been continued by the perfecution , which , with a kind of confpiracy , has been fince ...
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