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 x
theatre , when it is under any other direction , is peopled by such characters as
were never seen , converfing in a language which was never heard , upon
topicks which will never arise in the commerce of mankind . But the dialogue of
this ...
theatre , when it is under any other direction , is peopled by such characters as
were never seen , converfing in a language which was never heard , upon
topicks which will never arise in the commerce of mankind . But the dialogue of
this ...
الصفحة xxiii
But the admirers of this great poet have never lets reason to indulge their hopes
of supreme excellence , than when he seems fully resolved to sink them in
dejection , and mollify them with tender emotions by the fall of greatness , the
danger of ...
But the admirers of this great poet have never lets reason to indulge their hopes
of supreme excellence , than when he seems fully resolved to sink them in
dejection , and mollify them with tender emotions by the fall of greatness , the
danger of ...
الصفحة xliv
He endeavours indeed commonly to strike by the force and vigour of his dialogue
, but he never executes his purpose better , than when he tries to sooth by
loftness . Yer it must be at last confeffed , that as we owe every thing to him , he
owes ...
He endeavours indeed commonly to strike by the force and vigour of his dialogue
, but he never executes his purpose better , than when he tries to sooth by
loftness . Yer it must be at last confeffed , that as we owe every thing to him , he
owes ...
الصفحة xlv
... may be at least forgiven him , by those who recollect , that of Congreve's four
comedies , two are concluded by a marriage in a mask , by a deception , which
perhaps never happened , and which , whether likely or not , he did not invent .
... may be at least forgiven him , by those who recollect , that of Congreve's four
comedies , two are concluded by a marriage in a mask , by a deception , which
perhaps never happened , and which , whether likely or not , he did not invent .
الصفحة lii
As he never writes without careful enquiry and diligent consideration , I have
received all his notes , and believe that every reader will with for more . Of the last
editor it is more difficult to speak . Refpect is due to high place , tenderness to
living ...
As he never writes without careful enquiry and diligent consideration , I have
received all his notes , and believe that every reader will with for more . Of the last
editor it is more difficult to speak . Refpect is due to high place , tenderness to
living ...
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