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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... notes , that no fragment of fo great a writer may be loft ; his preface , valuable alike for elegance of compofition and juftnefs of re- mark , and containing a general criticism on his au- thour , fo extenfive that little can be added ...
... notes , that no fragment of fo great a writer may be loft ; his preface , valuable alike for elegance of compofition and juftnefs of re- mark , and containing a general criticism on his au- thour , fo extenfive that little can be added ...
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... notes I have generally retained thofe which he retained himself in his fecond edition , except when they were confuted by subsequent annotators , or were too minute to merit prefervation . I have fometimes adopted his restoration of a ...
... notes I have generally retained thofe which he retained himself in his fecond edition , except when they were confuted by subsequent annotators , or were too minute to merit prefervation . I have fometimes adopted his restoration of a ...
الصفحة lii
... notes , and believe that every reader will with for more . Of the last editor it is more difficult to fpeak . Re- fpect is due to high place , tenderness to living repu- tation , and veneration to genius and learning ; but he cannot be ...
... notes , and believe that every reader will with for more . Of the last editor it is more difficult to fpeak . Re- fpect is due to high place , tenderness to living repu- tation , and veneration to genius and learning ; but he cannot be ...
الصفحة liii
... notes exhibit fometimes perverfe interpretations , and fometimes improbable conjectures ; he at one time gives the authour more profundity of meaning than the sentence admits , and at another discovers abfur- dities , where the fenfe is ...
... notes exhibit fometimes perverfe interpretations , and fometimes improbable conjectures ; he at one time gives the authour more profundity of meaning than the sentence admits , and at another discovers abfur- dities , where the fenfe is ...
الصفحة lv
... notes have raised a clamour too loud to be diftinct . His chief affailants are the au- thours of the Canons of criticism and of the Review of Shakespeare's text ; of whom one ridicules his errours with airy petulance , fuitable enough ...
... notes have raised a clamour too loud to be diftinct . His chief affailants are the au- thours of the Canons of criticism and of the Review of Shakespeare's text ; of whom one ridicules his errours with airy petulance , fuitable enough ...
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