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 ix
... select quotations , will succeed like the pedant in Hierocles , who , when he
offered his house to fale , carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen . It will not
easily be imagined how much Shakeseare excells in accommodating his
sentiments ...
... select quotations , will succeed like the pedant in Hierocles , who , when he
offered his house to fale , carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen . It will not
easily be imagined how much Shakeseare excells in accommodating his
sentiments ...
الصفحة xvi
... or to conduct the story , without vehemence or emotion , through tracts of easy
and familiar dialogue , he never fails to attain ... though in terms which a modern
audience would not ' easily endure ; the character of Polonius is seasonable and
...
... or to conduct the story , without vehemence or emotion , through tracts of easy
and familiar dialogue , he never fails to attain ... though in terms which a modern
audience would not ' easily endure ; the character of Polonius is seasonable and
...
الصفحة xxviii
In contemplation we easily contract the time of real actions , and therefore
willingly permit it to be contracted when we only see their imitation . It will be
asked , how the drama moves , if it is not credited . It is credited with all the credit
due to a ...
In contemplation we easily contract the time of real actions , and therefore
willingly permit it to be contracted when we only see their imitation . It will be
asked , how the drama moves , if it is not credited . It is credited with all the credit
due to a ...
الصفحة xxxvii
Samuel Johnson. such easy coincidencies of thought , as will happen to all who
consider the same subjects ; or such remarks on life or axioms of morality as float
in conversation , and are transmitted through the world in proverbial sentences .
Samuel Johnson. such easy coincidencies of thought , as will happen to all who
consider the same subjects ; or such remarks on life or axioms of morality as float
in conversation , and are transmitted through the world in proverbial sentences .
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I might easily have accumulated a mass of seeming learning upon easy scenes ;
but it ought not to be imputed to negligence , chat , where nothing was necessary
, nothing has been done , or that , where others have said enough , I have said ...
I might easily have accumulated a mass of seeming learning upon easy scenes ;
but it ought not to be imputed to negligence , chat , where nothing was necessary
, nothing has been done , or that , where others have said enough , I have said ...
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