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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Of his notes I have generally retained those which he retained himself in his
second edition , except when they were confuted by subsequent annotators , or
were too minute to merit preservation . I have sometimes adopted his restoration
of a ...
Of his notes I have generally retained those which he retained himself in his
second edition , except when they were confuted by subsequent annotators , or
were too minute to merit preservation . I have sometimes adopted his restoration
of a ...
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 ...
الصفحة liii
His notes exhibit sometimes perverse interpretations , and sometimes
improbable conjectures ; he at one time gives the authour more profundity of
meaning than the sentence admits , and at another discovers absurdities , where
the sense is ...
His notes exhibit sometimes perverse interpretations , and sometimes
improbable conjectures ; he at one time gives the authour more profundity of
meaning than the sentence admits , and at another discovers absurdities , where
the sense is ...
الصفحة lviii
The notes which I have borrowed or written are either illustrative , by which
difficulties are explained ; or judicial , by which faults and beauties are remarked ;
or emendatory , by which depravations are corrected . The explanations
transcribed ...
The notes which I have borrowed or written are either illustrative , by which
difficulties are explained ; or judicial , by which faults and beauties are remarked ;
or emendatory , by which depravations are corrected . The explanations
transcribed ...
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I could have written longer notes , for the art of writing notes is not of difficult
attainment . The work is performed , first by railing at the stupidity , negligence ,
ignorance , and asinine tastelessness of the former editors , and shewing , from
all that ...
I could have written longer notes , for the art of writing notes is not of difficult
attainment . The work is performed , first by railing at the stupidity , negligence ,
ignorance , and asinine tastelessness of the former editors , and shewing , from
all that ...
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able action ancient appear attention authour becauſe believe cenſure characters comedy common commonly conjecture conſidered continued copies corrupted criticiſm criticks deſign dialogue diligence diſcovered diſtinction drama eaſily eaſy edition editor elegance emendations endeavoured Engliſh excellence exhibited fame faults firſt follows force give given greater himſelf hiſtory hope human ignorance imagination imitation incidents inſtruct juſt knowledge known labour language laſt learning meaning mind modes moſt muſt nature neceſſary never notes obſcure obſerved opinion original particular paſſages performance perhaps Plautus plays pleaſe pleaſure poet Pope praiſe preſent preſerved principles produced publiſhed reader reaſon received repreſented reſt ſame ſay ſcenes ſeems ſentiments Shakeſpeare ſhould ſome ſometimes ſtage ſtate ſtudy ſuch ſuffered ſufficient ſuppoſe theſe thing thoſe thought tion tragedy truth unities uſe whole writer written