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 xxxviii
He that will understand Shakespeare , must not be content to study him in the
closet , he must look for his meaning sometimes among the sports of the field ,
and some . times among the manufactures of the Thop . There is however proof ...
He that will understand Shakespeare , must not be content to study him in the
closet , he must look for his meaning sometimes among the sports of the field ,
and some . times among the manufactures of the Thop . There is however proof ...
الصفحة xlviii
In perusing a corrupied piece , he must have before him all poflibilities of
meaning , with all pofi'ilities of expression . Such must be his comprehension of
thought , and such his copiouiness of language . Out of many readings posible ,
he must ...
In perusing a corrupied piece , he must have before him all poflibilities of
meaning , with all pofi'ilities of expression . Such must be his comprehension of
thought , and such his copiouiness of language . Out of many readings posible ,
he must ...
الصفحة li
He feldom passes what he does not understand , without an attempt to find or to
make a meaning , and sometimes hastily makes what a little more attention
would have found . He is solicitous to reduce to grammar , what he could not be
sure ...
He feldom passes what he does not understand , without an attempt to find or to
make a meaning , and sometimes hastily makes what a little more attention
would have found . He is solicitous to reduce to grammar , what he could not be
sure ...
الصفحة liii
His notes exhibit sometimes perverse interpretations , and sometimes
improbable conjectures ; he at one time gives the authour more profundity of
meaning than the sentence admits , and at another discovers absurdities , where
the sense is ...
His notes exhibit sometimes perverse interpretations , and sometimes
improbable conjectures ; he at one time gives the authour more profundity of
meaning than the sentence admits , and at another discovers absurdities , where
the sense is ...
الصفحة lix
I have endeavoured to be neither superAuously copious , nor scrupulously
reserved , and hope that I have made my authour's meaning accessible to many
who before were frighted from perusing bim , and contributed something to the
publick ...
I have endeavoured to be neither superAuously copious , nor scrupulously
reserved , and hope that I have made my authour's meaning accessible to many
who before were frighted from perusing bim , and contributed something to the
publick ...
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