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 viii
... never becomes infal- lible ; and approbation , though long continued , may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion ; it is proper to inquire , by what peculiarities of ex- cellence Shakespeare has gained and kept the favour ...
... never becomes infal- lible ; and approbation , though long continued , may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion ; it is proper to inquire , by what peculiarities of ex- cellence Shakespeare has gained and kept the favour ...
الصفحة x
... never feen , conver- fing in a language which was never heard , upon to- picks which will never arife in the commerce of mankind . But the dialogue of this authour is oftea fo evidently determined by the incident which pro- duces it ...
... never feen , conver- fing in a language which was never heard , upon to- picks which will never arife in the commerce of mankind . But the dialogue of this authour is oftea fo evidently determined by the incident which pro- duces it ...
الصفحة xvi
... never fails to attain his purpose ; as he commands us , we laugh or mourn , or fit filent with quiet expectation , in tranquillity without indif- ference . When Shakespeare's plan is understood , moft of the criticisms of Rhymer and ...
... never fails to attain his purpose ; as he commands us , we laugh or mourn , or fit filent with quiet expectation , in tranquillity without indif- ference . When Shakespeare's plan is understood , moft of the criticisms of Rhymer and ...
الصفحة xviii
... never becomes obfolete , a certain mode of phrafeology fo confonant and congenial to the ana- logy and principles of its refpective language as to remain fettled and unaltered ; this ftile is probably to be fought in the common ...
... never becomes obfolete , a certain mode of phrafeology fo confonant and congenial to the ana- logy and principles of its refpective language as to remain fettled and unaltered ; this ftile is probably to be fought in the common ...
الصفحة xxiii
... never leis reafon to indulge their hopes of fupreme excellence , than when he seems fully refolved to fink them in dejection , and mollify them with tender emotions by the fall of greatnefs , the danger of innocence , or the croffes of ...
... never leis reafon to indulge their hopes of fupreme excellence , than when he seems fully refolved to fink them in dejection , and mollify them with tender emotions by the fall of greatnefs , the danger of innocence , or the croffes of ...
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