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 vi
... favour . As among the works of nature no man can properly call a river deep or a mountain high , without the knowledge of many mountains and many rivers ; fo in the produc- tions of genius , nothing can be ftiled excellent till it has ...
... favour . As among the works of nature no man can properly call a river deep or a mountain high , without the knowledge of many mountains and many rivers ; fo in the produc- tions of genius , nothing can be ftiled excellent till it has ...
الصفحة vii
... favour and competition are at an end ; the tradition of his friendfhips and his enmities has pe- rifhed ; his works fupport no opinion with argu- ments , nor fupply any faction with invectives ; they can neither indulge vanity nor ...
... favour and competition are at an end ; the tradition of his friendfhips and his enmities has pe- rifhed ; his works fupport no opinion with argu- ments , nor fupply any faction with invectives ; they can neither indulge vanity nor ...
الصفحة viii
... favour of his countrymen . Nothing can please many , and please long , but Particular juft reprefentations of general nature . manners can be known to few , and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied . The ir- regular ...
... favour of his countrymen . Nothing can please many , and please long , but Particular juft reprefentations of general nature . manners can be known to few , and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied . The ir- regular ...
الصفحة xxiv
... favour , than that which must be indulged to all human excellence ; that his virtues be rated with his failings : But , from the cenfure which this irregularity may bring upon him , I fhall , with due reverence to that learning which I ...
... favour , than that which must be indulged to all human excellence ; that his virtues be rated with his failings : But , from the cenfure which this irregularity may bring upon him , I fhall , with due reverence to that learning which I ...
الصفحة xxxix
... favoured by nature , could impart only what he had learned ; and as he muft increase his ideas , like other mortals , by gra- dual acquifition , he , like them , grew wifer as he b 4 grew grew older , could difplay life better , as he ...
... favoured by nature , could impart only what he had learned ; and as he muft increase his ideas , like other mortals , by gra- dual acquifition , he , like them , grew wifer as he b 4 grew grew older , could difplay life better , as he ...
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