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
... fuppofes , because they were unregarded , but because the editor's art was not yet applied to modern lan- guages , and our ancestors were accustomed to fo much much negligence of English printers , that they could very xlvi PREFACE .
... fuppofes , because they were unregarded , but because the editor's art was not yet applied to modern lan- guages , and our ancestors were accustomed to fo much much negligence of English printers , that they could very xlvi PREFACE .
الصفحة xlvii
... editors , I have preserved the preface , and have likewife retained the authour's life , though not written with much elegance or fpirit ; it relates however what is now to be known , and therefore deferves to pafs through all ...
... editors , I have preserved the preface , and have likewife retained the authour's life , though not written with much elegance or fpirit ; it relates however what is now to be known , and therefore deferves to pafs through all ...
الصفحة xlviii
... editors ; and those which he rejected , though , according to the licen- tioufnefs of the prefs in thofe times ... editor . He under- ftood but half his undertaking . The duty of a collator is indeed dull , yet , like other tedious ...
... editors ; and those which he rejected , though , according to the licen- tioufnefs of the prefs in thofe times ... editor . He under- ftood but half his undertaking . The duty of a collator is indeed dull , yet , like other tedious ...
الصفحة xlix
... editor . Confidence is the common confequence of fuccefs . They whofe excellence of any kind has been loudly celebrated , are ready to conclude , that their powers are univerfal . Pope's edition fell below his own ex- pectations , and ...
... editor . Confidence is the common confequence of fuccefs . They whofe excellence of any kind has been loudly celebrated , are ready to conclude , that their powers are univerfal . Pope's edition fell below his own ex- pectations , and ...
الصفحة li
... editor , a man , in my opi- nion , eminently qualified by náture for fuch ftudies . He had , what is the first ... editors , C 2 with with the filent acquiefcence of the reft , that he PREFACE . li.
... editor , a man , in my opi- nion , eminently qualified by náture for fuch ftudies . He had , what is the first ... editors , C 2 with with the filent acquiefcence of the reft , that he PREFACE . li.
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