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 xi
Characters thus ample and general were not easily discriminated and preserved
, yet perhaps no poet ever kept his personages more diflinct from each other . I
will not say with Pope , that every speech may be assigned to the proper speaker
...
Characters thus ample and general were not easily discriminated and preserved
, yet perhaps no poet ever kept his personages more diflinct from each other . I
will not say with Pope , that every speech may be assigned to the proper speaker
...
الصفحة xxv
and an end ; one event is concatenated with another , and the conclusion follows
by easy consequence . There are perhaps some incidents that might be spared ,
as in other poets there is much talk that only fills up time upon the stage ; but the ...
and an end ; one event is concatenated with another , and the conclusion follows
by easy consequence . There are perhaps some incidents that might be spared ,
as in other poets there is much talk that only fills up time upon the stage ; but the ...
الصفحة xxxiv
... that every man finds his mind more strongly seized by the tragedies of
Shakespeare than of any other writer ; others please us by particular speeches ,
but he always makes us anxious for the event , and has perhaps excelled all but
Homer ...
... that every man finds his mind more strongly seized by the tragedies of
Shakespeare than of any other writer ; others please us by particular speeches ,
but he always makes us anxious for the event , and has perhaps excelled all but
Homer ...
الصفحة xliii
To him we must ascribe the praise , unless Spenser may divide it with him , of
having first discovered to how much smoothness and harmony the English
language could be softened . He has speeches , perhaps fo.metimes scenes ,
which ...
To him we must ascribe the praise , unless Spenser may divide it with him , of
having first discovered to how much smoothness and harmony the English
language could be softened . He has speeches , perhaps fo.metimes scenes ,
which ...
الصفحة xlvi
Of all the publishers , clandestine or profeffed , their negligence and unskilfulness
has by the late revilers been fufficiently shown . The faults of ali are indeed
numerous and gross , and have not only corrupted many passages perhaps
beyond ...
Of all the publishers , clandestine or profeffed , their negligence and unskilfulness
has by the late revilers been fufficiently shown . The faults of ali are indeed
numerous and gross , and have not only corrupted many passages perhaps
beyond ...
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