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 xxiii
A quibble is to Shakespeare , what luminous vapours are to the traveller ; he
follows it at all adventures , it is sure to lead him out of his way , and sure to
engulf him in the mire . It has some malignant power over his mind , and its
fascinations ...
A quibble is to Shakespeare , what luminous vapours are to the traveller ; he
follows it at all adventures , it is sure to lead him out of his way , and sure to
engulf him in the mire . It has some malignant power over his mind , and its
fascinations ...
الصفحة xxv
and an end ; one event is concatenated with another , and the conclusion follows
by easy consequence . There are perhaps some incidents that might be spared ,
as in other poets there is much talk that only fills up time upon the stage ; but the ...
and an end ; one event is concatenated with another , and the conclusion follows
by easy consequence . There are perhaps some incidents that might be spared ,
as in other poets there is much talk that only fills up time upon the stage ; but the ...
الصفحة xxix
It is therefore evident , that the action is not supposed to be real , and it follows
that between the acts a longer or shorter time may be allowed to pass , and that
no more account of space or duration is to be taken by the auditor of a drama ,
than ...
It is therefore evident , that the action is not supposed to be real , and it follows
that between the acts a longer or shorter time may be allowed to pass , and that
no more account of space or duration is to be taken by the auditor of a drama ,
than ...
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The work is performed , first by railing at the stupidity , negligence , ignorance ,
and asinine tastelessness of the former editors , and shewing , from all that goes
before and all that follows , the inelegance and absurdity of the old reading ; then
...
The work is performed , first by railing at the stupidity , negligence , ignorance ,
and asinine tastelessness of the former editors , and shewing , from all that goes
before and all that follows , the inelegance and absurdity of the old reading ; then
...
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