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 vii
... they can neither indulge vanity nor gratify malignity , but are read without any
other reason than the desire of pleasure , and are therefore praised only as
pleasure A4 is is obtained ; yet , thus unaslisted by interest or P R E F A C E. vii.
... they can neither indulge vanity nor gratify malignity , but are read without any
other reason than the desire of pleasure , and are therefore praised only as
pleasure A4 is is obtained ; yet , thus unaslisted by interest or P R E F A C E. vii.
الصفحة xv
... those times a poem of more general dignity or elevation than comedy ; it
required poly a calamitous conclusion , with which the common criticism of that
age was farissied , whatever lighter pleasure it afforded in its progress . History „
History ...
... those times a poem of more general dignity or elevation than comedy ; it
required poly a calamitous conclusion , with which the common criticism of that
age was farissied , whatever lighter pleasure it afforded in its progress . History „
History ...
الصفحة xxviii
... it from her . The delight of tragedy proceeds from our consciousness of fiction ;
if we thought murders and treasons real , they would please no more . Imitations
Imitations produce pain or pleasure , not because they are xxviii P R E F A C E.
... it from her . The delight of tragedy proceeds from our consciousness of fiction ;
if we thought murders and treasons real , they would please no more . Imitations
Imitations produce pain or pleasure , not because they are xxviii P R E F A C E.
الصفحة liii
... in the text ; part I have left to the judgment of the reader , as doubtful , though
specious ; and part I have censured without reserve , but I am sure without
bitterness of malice , and , I hope , without wantonness of insult . It is no pleasure
...
... in the text ; part I have left to the judgment of the reader , as doubtful , though
specious ; and part I have censured without reserve , but I am sure without
bitterness of malice , and , I hope , without wantonness of insult . It is no pleasure
...
الصفحة
... pleasure that the drama can give , read every play from the first scene to the
last , with utter negligence of all his commentators . When his fancy is once on the
wing , let it not stoop at correction or explanation . When his attention is strongly ...
... pleasure that the drama can give , read every play from the first scene to the
last , with utter negligence of all his commentators . When his fancy is once on the
wing , let it not stoop at correction or explanation . When his attention is strongly ...
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