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
... principles demonftra- tive and scientifick , but appealing wholly to obfer- vation and experience , no other teft can be applied than length of duration and continuance of efteem . What mankind have long poffeffed they have often ...
... principles demonftra- tive and scientifick , but appealing wholly to obfer- vation and experience , no other teft can be applied than length of duration and continuance of efteem . What mankind have long poffeffed they have often ...
الصفحة ix
... principles by which all minds are agitated , and the whole fyftem of life is con- tinued in motion . In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual ; in thofe of Shakespeare it is commonly a fpecies . It is from ...
... principles by which all minds are agitated , and the whole fyftem of life is con- tinued in motion . In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual ; in thofe of Shakespeare it is commonly a fpecies . It is from ...
الصفحة xii
... principles . Dennis and Rhymer think his Romans not fufficiently Roman ; and Voltaire cen- fures his kings as not completely royal . Dennis is offended , that Menenius , a fenator of Rome , fhould play the buffoon ; and Voltaire perhaps ...
... principles . Dennis and Rhymer think his Romans not fufficiently Roman ; and Voltaire cen- fures his kings as not completely royal . Dennis is offended , that Menenius , a fenator of Rome , fhould play the buffoon ; and Voltaire perhaps ...
الصفحة xvii
... principles arifing from genuine paffion , very little modified by particular forms , their pleasures and vexations are communicable to all times and to all places ; they are natural , and therefore durable ; the adventitious ...
... principles arifing from genuine paffion , very little modified by particular forms , their pleasures and vexations are communicable to all times and to all places ; they are natural , and therefore durable ; the adventitious ...
الصفحة xviii
... principles of its refpective language as to remain fettled and unaltered ; this ftile is probably to be fought in the common intercourfe of life , among those who speak only to be understood , without am- bition of elegance . The polite ...
... principles of its refpective language as to remain fettled and unaltered ; this ftile is probably to be fought in the common intercourfe of life , among those who speak only to be understood , without am- bition of elegance . The polite ...
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