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
... Particular juft reprefentations of general nature . manners can be known to few , and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied . The ir- regular combinations of fanciful invention may de- light a - while , by that novelty ...
... Particular juft reprefentations of general nature . manners can be known to few , and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied . The ir- regular combinations of fanciful invention may de- light a - while , by that novelty ...
الصفحة ix
... particular paffages , but by the progrefs of his fable , and , the tenour of his dialogue ; and he that tries to recom- mend him by felect quotations , will fucceed like the pedant in Hierocles , who , when he offered his houfe to fale ...
... particular paffages , but by the progrefs of his fable , and , the tenour of his dialogue ; and he that tries to recom- mend him by felect quotations , will fucceed like the pedant in Hierocles , who , when he offered his houfe to fale ...
الصفحة xvii
... particular forms , their pleasures and vexations are communicable to all times and to all places ; they are natural , and therefore durable ; the adventitious peculiarities of perfonal habits , are only fuperficial dies , bright and ...
... particular forms , their pleasures and vexations are communicable to all times and to all places ; they are natural , and therefore durable ; the adventitious peculiarities of perfonal habits , are only fuperficial dies , bright and ...
الصفحة xxxi
... life , make fome allowance for his ignorance . Every man's performances , to be rightly eftima- ted , must be compared with the state of the age in which which he lived , and with his own particular oppor- PREFACE . xxxi.
... life , make fome allowance for his ignorance . Every man's performances , to be rightly eftima- ted , must be compared with the state of the age in which which he lived , and with his own particular oppor- PREFACE . xxxi.
الصفحة xxxii
... particular performance , curiofity is always bufy to discover the inftruments , as well as to furvey the workmanship , to know how much is to be afcribed to original powers , and how much to cafual and adventitious help . The pa- laces ...
... particular performance , curiofity is always bufy to discover the inftruments , as well as to furvey the workmanship , to know how much is to be afcribed to original powers , and how much to cafual and adventitious help . The pa- laces ...
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