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 xvii
... greater part by incident and action . His tragedy feems to be skill , his comedy to be instinct . The force of his comick fcenes has fuffered little diminution from the changes made by a century and a half , in manners or in words . As ...
... greater part by incident and action . His tragedy feems to be skill , his comedy to be instinct . The force of his comick fcenes has fuffered little diminution from the changes made by a century and a half , in manners or in words . As ...
الصفحة xxxii
... greater dignity than in what rank we shall place any particular performance , curiofity is always bufy to discover the inftruments , as well as to furvey the workmanship , to know how much is to be afcribed to original powers , and how ...
... greater dignity than in what rank we shall place any particular performance , curiofity is always bufy to discover the inftruments , as well as to furvey the workmanship , to know how much is to be afcribed to original powers , and how ...
الصفحة xxxix
... greater part of his excellence was the duct of his own genius . He found the English ftage in a state of the utmost rudeness ; no effays either in tragedy or comedy had appeared , from which it could be difcovered to what degree of ...
... greater part of his excellence was the duct of his own genius . He found the English ftage in a state of the utmost rudeness ; no effays either in tragedy or comedy had appeared , from which it could be difcovered to what degree of ...
الصفحة xlv
... greater part were not published till about seven years after his death , and the few which appeared in his life are apparently thrust into the world without the care of the authour , and there- fore probably without his knowledge . Of ...
... greater part were not published till about seven years after his death , and the few which appeared in his life are apparently thrust into the world without the care of the authour , and there- fore probably without his knowledge . Of ...
الصفحة liii
... greater or lefs importance , upon which wit and reafon have exercifed their powers , muft muft lament the unfuccessfulness of enquiry , and the flow C 3 PREFACE . liii The original and predominant errour of his com- ...
... greater or lefs importance , upon which wit and reafon have exercifed their powers , muft muft lament the unfuccessfulness of enquiry , and the flow C 3 PREFACE . liii The original and predominant errour of his com- ...
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