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
... labour , what no labour can improve . In tragedy he is always ftruggling after fome occafion to be comick , but in comedy he feems to repofe , or to luxuriate , as in a mode of thinking congenial to his nature . In his tragick scenes ...
... labour , what no labour can improve . In tragedy he is always ftruggling after fome occafion to be comick , but in comedy he feems to repofe , or to luxuriate , as in a mode of thinking congenial to his nature . In his tragick scenes ...
الصفحة xx
... labour , to fnatch the profit . He therefore remits his efforts where he should most vigorously exert them , and his catastrophe is impro- bably produced or imperfectly reprefented . He had no regard to diftinction of time or place ...
... labour , to fnatch the profit . He therefore remits his efforts where he should most vigorously exert them , and his catastrophe is impro- bably produced or imperfectly reprefented . He had no regard to diftinction of time or place ...
الصفحة xxi
... labour is more . The effufions of paf- fion which exigence forces out are for the moft part ftriking and energetick ; but whenever he folicits his invention , or strains his faculties , the offspring of his throes is tumour , meannefs ...
... labour is more . The effufions of paf- fion which exigence forces out are for the moft part ftriking and energetick ; but whenever he folicits his invention , or strains his faculties , the offspring of his throes is tumour , meannefs ...
الصفحة xliv
... and those who find themselves exalted into fame , are willing to credit their encomiafts , and to fpare the labour of contend- ing with themselves . It It does not appear , that Shakespeare thought his works xliv PREFACE .
... and those who find themselves exalted into fame , are willing to credit their encomiafts , and to fpare the labour of contend- ing with themselves . It It does not appear , that Shakespeare thought his works xliv PREFACE .
الصفحة lii
... labour of his predeceffors , and made his own edition of little authority . His confidence indeed , both in himself and others , was too great ; he fuppofes all to be right that was done by Pope and Theobald ; he feems not to fufpect a ...
... labour of his predeceffors , and made his own edition of little authority . His confidence indeed , both in himself and others , was too great ; he fuppofes all to be right that was done by Pope and Theobald ; he feems not to fufpect a ...
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