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
... the dramas of a poet , who caught his ideas from the living world , and exhibited only what he faw before him . He knew , that any other paffion , as it was regular regular or exorbitant , was a caufe of happiness or X א ! PREFACE .
... the dramas of a poet , who caught his ideas from the living world , and exhibited only what he faw before him . He knew , that any other paffion , as it was regular regular or exorbitant , was a caufe of happiness or X א ! PREFACE .
الصفحة xii
... knew that Rome , like every other city , had men of all difpofitions ; and wanting a buffoon , he went into the fenate - houfe for that which the fenate - houfe would certainly have afforded him . He was inclined to fhew 2 an an ufurper ...
... knew that Rome , like every other city , had men of all difpofitions ; and wanting a buffoon , he went into the fenate - houfe for that which the fenate - houfe would certainly have afforded him . He was inclined to fhew 2 an an ufurper ...
الصفحة xxix
... knew the unities , and re- jected them by defign , or deviated from them by happy ignorance , it is , I think , impoffible to decide , We may reafonably fuppose , and useless to inquire . that , when he rofe to notice , he did not want ...
... knew the unities , and re- jected them by defign , or deviated from them by happy ignorance , it is , I think , impoffible to decide , We may reafonably fuppose , and useless to inquire . that , when he rofe to notice , he did not want ...
الصفحة xxxv
... knew how he fhould moft pleafe ; and whether his practice is more agreeable to nature , or whether his example has prejudiced the nation , we ftill find that on our stage fomething must be done as well as faid , and inac- tive ...
... knew how he fhould moft pleafe ; and whether his practice is more agreeable to nature , or whether his example has prejudiced the nation , we ftill find that on our stage fomething must be done as well as faid , and inac- tive ...
الصفحة xxxvii
... knew the modern languages is un- certain . That his plays have fome French fcenes proves but little ; he might eafily procure them to be written , and probably , even though he had known the language in the cominon degree , he could not ...
... knew the modern languages is un- certain . That his plays have fome French fcenes proves but little ; he might eafily procure them to be written , and probably , even though he had known the language in the cominon degree , he could not ...
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