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 v
... mind contemplates ge- nius through the fhides of age , as the eye furveys the fun through artificial opacity . The great con- cention of criticifm is to find the faults of the mo- derns , and the beauties of the ancients . While an au ...
... mind contemplates ge- nius through the fhides of age , as the eye furveys the fun through artificial opacity . The great con- cention of criticifm is to find the faults of the mo- derns , and the beauties of the ancients . While an au ...
الصفحة viii
... mind can only repofe on the ftability of truth . Shakespeare is above all writers , at least above all modern writers , the puet of nature ; the poet that Holds up to his readers a faithful mirrour of manners and of life . His ...
... mind can only repofe on the ftability of truth . Shakespeare is above all writers , at least above all modern writers , the puet of nature ; the poet that Holds up to his readers a faithful mirrour of manners and of life . His ...
الصفحة ix
... minds are agitated , and the whole fyftem of life is con- tinued in motion . In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual ; in thofe of Shakespeare it is commonly a fpecies . It is from this wide extenfion of ...
... minds are agitated , and the whole fyftem of life is con- tinued in motion . In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual ; in thofe of Shakespeare it is commonly a fpecies . It is from this wide extenfion of ...
الصفحة xiii
... minds ; a poet overlooks the cafual diftinction of country and condition , as a painter , satisfied with the figure , neglects the drapery , The cenfure which he has incurred by mixing comick and tragick scenes , as it extends to all ...
... minds ; a poet overlooks the cafual diftinction of country and condition , as a painter , satisfied with the figure , neglects the drapery , The cenfure which he has incurred by mixing comick and tragick scenes , as it extends to all ...
الصفحة xiv
... mind but in one compofition . Almost all his plays are divided be- tween serious and ludicrous characters , and , in the fucceffive evolutions of the defign , fometimes pro- duce seriousness and forrow , and fometimes levity and ...
... mind but in one compofition . Almost all his plays are divided be- tween serious and ludicrous characters , and , in the fucceffive evolutions of the defign , fometimes pro- duce seriousness and forrow , and fometimes levity and ...
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