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 vi
Demonstration immediately displays its power , and has nothing to hope or fear
from the flux of years ; but works tentative and experimental must be estimated by
their proportion to the general and collective ability of man , as it is discovered in
...
Demonstration immediately displays its power , and has nothing to hope or fear
from the flux of years ; but works tentative and experimental must be estimated by
their proportion to the general and collective ability of man , as it is discovered in
...
الصفحة xxiv
For his other deviations from the art of writing , ! resign him to critical justice ,
without making any other demand in his favour , than that which must be
indulged to all human excellence ; that his virtues be rated with his failings : But ,
from the ...
For his other deviations from the art of writing , ! resign him to critical justice ,
without making any other demand in his favour , than that which must be
indulged to all human excellence ; that his virtues be rated with his failings : But ,
from the ...
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 xliii
To him we must ascribe the praise , unless Spenser may divide it with him , of
having first discovered to how much smoothness and harmony the English
language could be softened . He has speeches , perhaps fo.metimes scenes ,
which ...
To him we must ascribe the praise , unless Spenser may divide it with him , of
having first discovered to how much smoothness and harmony the English
language could be softened . He has speeches , perhaps fo.metimes scenes ,
which ...
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 ...
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