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 xlvi
The stile of Shakespeare was in itself ungrammatical , perplexed and obscure ;
his works were transcribed for the players by those who may be supposed to
have seldom understood them ; they were transmitted by copiers equally unskilful
...
The stile of Shakespeare was in itself ungrammatical , perplexed and obscure ;
his works were transcribed for the players by those who may be supposed to
have seldom understood them ; they were transmitted by copiers equally unskilful
...
الصفحة liii
But his emendations are likewise often happy and juft ; and his interpretation of
obscure passages learned and sagacious . Of his notes , I have commonly
rejected those , against which the general voice of the publick has exclaimed , or
which ...
But his emendations are likewise often happy and juft ; and his interpretation of
obscure passages learned and sagacious . Of his notes , I have commonly
rejected those , against which the general voice of the publick has exclaimed , or
which ...
الصفحة lv
... and have both advanced some probable interpretations of obscure passages ;
but when they aspire to conjecture and emendation , it appears how falsely we all
estimate our own abilities , and the little which they have been able to perform ...
... and have both advanced some probable interpretations of obscure passages ;
but when they aspire to conjecture and emendation , it appears how falsely we all
estimate our own abilities , and the little which they have been able to perform ...
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Not a single passage in the whole work has appeared to me corrupt , which I
have not attempted to restore ; or obscure , which I have not endeavoured to
illustrate . In many I have failed like others ; and from many , after all my efforts , I
have ...
Not a single passage in the whole work has appeared to me corrupt , which I
have not attempted to restore ; or obscure , which I have not endeavoured to
illustrate . In many I have failed like others ; and from many , after all my efforts , I
have ...
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It is to be lamented , that such a writer should want a commentary ; that his
language should be . come obsolete , or his sentiments obscure . But it is vain to
carry wishes beyond the condition of human things ; that which must happen to
all ...
It is to be lamented , that such a writer should want a commentary ; that his
language should be . come obsolete , or his sentiments obscure . But it is vain to
carry wishes beyond the condition of human things ; that which must happen to
all ...
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