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 vii
... or gloomy persuasion of the degeneracy of mankind , but is the consequence
of acknowledged and indubitable positions , that what has been longest known
has been most confidered , and what is most considered is best under tood .
... or gloomy persuasion of the degeneracy of mankind , but is the consequence
of acknowledged and indubitable positions , that what has been longest known
has been most confidered , and what is most considered is best under tood .
الصفحة xvii
Shakespeare engaged in dramatick poetry with the world open before him ; the
rules of the ancients were yet known to few ; the publick judgment was unformed ;
he had no example of such fame as might force him upon imitation , nor criticks ...
Shakespeare engaged in dramatick poetry with the world open before him ; the
rules of the ancients were yet known to few ; the publick judgment was unformed ;
he had no example of such fame as might force him upon imitation , nor criticks ...
الصفحة xxx
... and as the unities of time and place arise evidently from false assumptions ,
and , by circumscribing the extent . of the drama , lessen its variety , I cannot think
it much to be lamented , that they were not known by him , or not observed : Nor ,
if ...
... and as the unities of time and place arise evidently from false assumptions ,
and , by circumscribing the extent . of the drama , lessen its variety , I cannot think
it much to be lamented , that they were not known by him , or not observed : Nor ,
if ...
الصفحة xxxvi
Johnfon , his friend , affirms , that he had small Latin , and no Greek ; who ,
besides that he had no imaginable temptation to falsehood , wrote at a time when
the character and acquisitions of Shakespeare were known to multitudes .
Johnfon , his friend , affirms , that he had small Latin , and no Greek ; who ,
besides that he had no imaginable temptation to falsehood , wrote at a time when
the character and acquisitions of Shakespeare were known to multitudes .
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The words have not only a known regimen , but invariable quantities , which
direct and confine the choice . There are commonly niore manuscripts than one ;
and they do not often conspire in the same mistakes . Yet Scaliger could confess
to ...
The words have not only a known regimen , but invariable quantities , which
direct and confine the choice . There are commonly niore manuscripts than one ;
and they do not often conspire in the same mistakes . Yet Scaliger could confess
to ...
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