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 xix
... These obfervations are to be confidered not as un- exceptionably conftant , but as containing general and predominant truth . Shakespeare's familiar dialogue is affirmed to be smooth and clear , yet not wholly with- out ruggedness or ...
... These obfervations are to be confidered not as un- exceptionably conftant , but as containing general and predominant truth . Shakespeare's familiar dialogue is affirmed to be smooth and clear , yet not wholly with- out ruggedness or ...
الصفحة xxx
... these precepts have not been so easily received . but for better reafons than I have yet been able to find . The refult of my enquiries , in which it would be ludicrous to boast of impartiality , is , that the uni- ties of time and ...
... these precepts have not been so easily received . but for better reafons than I have yet been able to find . The refult of my enquiries , in which it would be ludicrous to boast of impartiality , is , that the uni- ties of time and ...
الصفحة lviii
... impoffible to be mistaken , and omit many for which the ignorant will want his help . These are cenfures merely relative , and must be quietly endured , endured . I have endeavoured to be neither fuper- fluously Iviii PREFACE .
... impoffible to be mistaken , and omit many for which the ignorant will want his help . These are cenfures merely relative , and must be quietly endured , endured . I have endeavoured to be neither fuper- fluously Iviii PREFACE .
الصفحة lx
... deviated from it . Nothing is minutely and particularly ex- amined , and therefore it is to be fuppofed , that in the plays which are condemned there is much to be praised , praised , and in these which are praised much to 1x PREFAC E.
... deviated from it . Nothing is minutely and particularly ex- amined , and therefore it is to be fuppofed , that in the plays which are condemned there is much to be praised , praised , and in these which are praised much to 1x PREFAC E.
الصفحة lxi
... these the reftoration is only to be attemp- ted by collation of copies or fagacity of conjecture . The collator's province is fafe and eafy , the conjec- turer's perilous and difficult . Yet as the greater part of the plays are extant ...
... these the reftoration is only to be attemp- ted by collation of copies or fagacity of conjecture . The collator's province is fafe and eafy , the conjec- turer's perilous and difficult . Yet as the greater part of the plays are extant ...
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