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 xxx
counfels and admonitions of scholars and crticks , and that he at last deliberately
persisted in a practice , which he might have begun by chance . As nothing is
essential to the fable , but unity of action , and as the unities of time and place
arise ...
counfels and admonitions of scholars and crticks , and that he at last deliberately
persisted in a practice , which he might have begun by chance . As nothing is
essential to the fable , but unity of action , and as the unities of time and place
arise ...
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Those whom their fame invites to the same studies , copy parely them , and partly
nature , till the books of one age gain such authority , as to stand in the place of
nature to another , and initation , always deviating a lictle , becomes at last ...
Those whom their fame invites to the same studies , copy parely them , and partly
nature , till the books of one age gain such authority , as to stand in the place of
nature to another , and initation , always deviating a lictle , becomes at last ...
الصفحة xliv
Yer it must be at last confeffed , that as we owe every thing to him , he owes
something to us ; that , if much of his praile is paid by perception and judgement ,
much is likewise given by custom and veneration . We fix our eyes upon his
graces ...
Yer it must be at last confeffed , that as we owe every thing to him , he owes
something to us ; that , if much of his praile is paid by perception and judgement ,
much is likewise given by custom and veneration . We fix our eyes upon his
graces ...
الصفحة lviii
... and how long soever he may deliberate , will at last explain many lines which
the learned will think impoflible to be mistaken , and omit many for which the
ignorant will want his help . These are censures merely relative , and must be
quietly ...
... and how long soever he may deliberate , will at last explain many lines which
the learned will think impoflible to be mistaken , and omit many for which the
ignorant will want his help . These are censures merely relative , and must be
quietly ...
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... read every play from the first scene to the last , with utter negligence of all his
commentators . When his fancy is once on the wing , let it not stoop at correction
or explanation . When his attention is strongly engaged , let it disdain alike to turn
...
... read every play from the first scene to the last , with utter negligence of all his
commentators . When his fancy is once on the wing , let it not stoop at correction
or explanation . When his attention is strongly engaged , let it disdain alike to turn
...
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