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 v
Some seem to admire indiscriminately whatever has been long preserved ,
without considering that time has sometimes co - operated with chance ; all
perhaps are more willing to honour past than present excellence ; and the mind ...
Some seem to admire indiscriminately whatever has been long preserved ,
without considering that time has sometimes co - operated with chance ; all
perhaps are more willing to honour past than present excellence ; and the mind ...
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 xxiv
... prepared as to be understood , that the incidents be various and affecting , and
the characters consistent , natural and distinct . No other unity is intended , and
therefore none is to be sought . In his other works he has well enough preserved
...
... prepared as to be understood , that the incidents be various and affecting , and
the characters consistent , natural and distinct . No other unity is intended , and
therefore none is to be sought . In his other works he has well enough preserved
...
الصفحة 10
I have preserved the common distribution of the plays into acts , though I believe
it to be in almost all the plays void of authority . Some of those which are divided
in the later editions have no division in the first folio , and some that are divided ...
I have preserved the common distribution of the plays into acts , though I believe
it to be in almost all the plays void of authority . Some of those which are divided
in the later editions have no division in the first folio , and some that are divided ...
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... its powers , and judged those works unworthy to be preserved , which the
criticks of following ages were to contend for the fame of restoring and explaining
. 3 Among ! Aniong these candidates of inferiour fame , I am now P R E F A C E.
1xxi.
... its powers , and judged those works unworthy to be preserved , which the
criticks of following ages were to contend for the fame of restoring and explaining
. 3 Among ! Aniong these candidates of inferiour fame , I am now P R E F A C E.
1xxi.
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