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 |
من داخل الكتاب
النتائج 1-5 من 8
الصفحة xv
... easily transferred ; and though it must be allowed that pleasing melancholy be fome- times interrupted by unwelcome levity , yet let it be confidered likewife , that melancholy is often not pleasing , and that the difturbance of one man ...
... easily transferred ; and though it must be allowed that pleasing melancholy be fome- times interrupted by unwelcome levity , yet let it be confidered likewife , that melancholy is often not pleasing , and that the difturbance of one man ...
الصفحة xxviii
... easily contract the time of real actions , and therefore willingly permit it to be contracted when we only fee their imitation . It will be asked , how the drama moves , if it is not credited . It is credited with all the credit due to ...
... easily contract the time of real actions , and therefore willingly permit it to be contracted when we only fee their imitation . It will be asked , how the drama moves , if it is not credited . It is credited with all the credit due to ...
الصفحة xxx
... easily received . but for better reafons than I have yet been able to find . The refult of my enquiries , in which it would be ludicrous to boast of impartiality , is , that the uni- ties of time and place are not effential to a juft ...
... easily received . but for better reafons than I have yet been able to find . The refult of my enquiries , in which it would be ludicrous to boast of impartiality , is , that the uni- ties of time and place are not effential to a juft ...
الصفحة xxxix
... easily known ; for the chronology of his works is yet unfettled . Rowe is of opinion , that perhaps we are not to look for his beginning , like those of other writers , in his leaft perfect works ; art bad fo little , and mature fo ...
... easily known ; for the chronology of his works is yet unfettled . Rowe is of opinion , that perhaps we are not to look for his beginning , like those of other writers , in his leaft perfect works ; art bad fo little , and mature fo ...
الصفحة li
... easily is he praised , whom no man can envy . Our authour fell then into the hands of Sir Tho- - mas Hanmer , the Oxford editor , a man , in my opi- nion , eminently qualified by náture for fuch ftudies . He had , what is the first ...
... easily is he praised , whom no man can envy . Our authour fell then into the hands of Sir Tho- - mas Hanmer , the Oxford editor , a man , in my opi- nion , eminently qualified by náture for fuch ftudies . He had , what is the first ...
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
abfurdities action againſt arife authour becauſe cafual cenfure comedy comick compofition confeffed confidered conjecture copies corrupted criticifm criticks curiofity defign defire dialogue diftinction diligence diſcover drama dramatick eafily eafy edition editor emendations endeavoured English errour excellence fable fafe faid fame fcenes feems feldom felect fentiments fhew fhewn fhould filent firſt folicitous fome fometimes forrow fpectator ftand ftate ftudies fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fupply fuppofe fure hiftories himſelf human imitation impoffible inferted inftruct juft knowledge labour laft language leaft learning lefs lence likewife mind modes moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary neral numbers obfcure obfervations occafion paffages paffions pafs perfonal perhaps perufal Plautus plays pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poet poffible pofitions Pope praife praiſed prefent preferved profe publiſhed purpoſe racter raiſed reader reafon reprefented ſcenes ſeems Shakespeare ſpeak ſtage ſtate Thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thour tion tragedy tranflated truth uſe Voltaire worfe writers