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 x
... love is only one of many passions , and as it has no great influence upon the
sum of life , ic has little operation in the dramas of a poet , who caught his ideas
from the living world , and exhibited only what he saw before him . He knew , that
...
... love is only one of many passions , and as it has no great influence upon the
sum of life , ic has little operation in the dramas of a poet , who caught his ideas
from the living world , and exhibited only what he saw before him . He knew , that
...
الصفحة xxxiv
... from the ear to the eye . Those to whom our authour's labours were exhibited
had more skill in pomps or processions than in poetical language , and 1 1 and
perhaps wanted some visible and discriminated events , xxxiv P R E F A C E.
... from the ear to the eye . Those to whom our authour's labours were exhibited
had more skill in pomps or processions than in poetical language , and 1 1 and
perhaps wanted some visible and discriminated events , xxxiv P R E F A C E.
الصفحة xl
... but often with idle subtily , were yet unattempted . The cales , with which the
infancy of learning was satisfied , exhibited only the fuperficial appearances of
action , related the the events but omitted the causes , and were formed PRE
FACE .
... but often with idle subtily , were yet unattempted . The cales , with which the
infancy of learning was satisfied , exhibited only the fuperficial appearances of
action , related the the events but omitted the causes , and were formed PRE
FACE .
الصفحة xliv
He has scenes of undoubted and perpetual excellence , but perhaps not one
play , which , if it were now exhibited as the work of a contemporary writer , would
be heard to the conclufion . P am indeed far from thinking , that his works were ...
He has scenes of undoubted and perpetual excellence , but perhaps not one
play , which , if it were now exhibited as the work of a contemporary writer , would
be heard to the conclufion . P am indeed far from thinking , that his works were ...
الصفحة 10
... more or fewer , the restriction of five acts being accidental and arbitrary . This
Shakespeare knew , and this he practised ; his plays were written , and at first
printed in one unbroken continuity , and ought now to be exhibited with short
pauses ...
... more or fewer , the restriction of five acts being accidental and arbitrary . This
Shakespeare knew , and this he practised ; his plays were written , and at first
printed in one unbroken continuity , and ought now to be exhibited with short
pauses ...
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