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 vi
... opinion in its favour . As among the works of nature no man can properly call a river deep or a mountain high , without the knowledge of many mountains and many rivers ; fo in the produc- tions of genius , nothing can be ftiled ...
... opinion in its favour . As among the works of nature no man can properly call a river deep or a mountain high , without the knowledge of many mountains and many rivers ; fo in the produc- tions of genius , nothing can be ftiled ...
الصفحة vii
... opinions , have for many years been loft ; and every topick of merriment or motive of forrow , which the modes of ... opinion with argu- ments , nor fupply any faction with invectives ; they can neither indulge vanity nor gratify ...
... opinions , have for many years been loft ; and every topick of merriment or motive of forrow , which the modes of ... opinion with argu- ments , nor fupply any faction with invectives ; they can neither indulge vanity nor gratify ...
الصفحة viii
... or profeffions , which can operate but upon fmall numbers ; or by the accidents of tranfient fashions or temporary opinions : they are the genuine pro- geny geny of common humanity , fuch as the world will viii PRE FACE .
... or profeffions , which can operate but upon fmall numbers ; or by the accidents of tranfient fashions or temporary opinions : they are the genuine pro- geny geny of common humanity , fuch as the world will viii PRE FACE .
الصفحة xv
... opinion conftituted a comedy . This idea of a comedy continued long amongst us , and plays were written , which , by chang- ing the catastrophe , were tragedies to - day and come- dies to - morrow , Tragedy was not in thofe times a poem ...
... opinion conftituted a comedy . This idea of a comedy continued long amongst us , and plays were written , which , by chang- ing the catastrophe , were tragedies to - day and come- dies to - morrow , Tragedy was not in thofe times a poem ...
الصفحة xx
... opinions of another , at the expence not only of likelihood , but of poffi bility . Thefe faults Pope has endeavoured , with more zeal than judgment , to transfer to his imagined interpolators . We need not wonder to find Helor quoting ...
... opinions of another , at the expence not only of likelihood , but of poffi bility . Thefe faults Pope has endeavoured , with more zeal than judgment , to transfer to his imagined interpolators . We need not wonder to find Helor quoting ...
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