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 xlii
... fome peculiarities , gathered by contemplating things as they really exist . It
may be observed , that the oldest poets of many nations preserve their reputation
, and that the following generations of wit , after a short celebrity , sink into
oblivion .
... fome peculiarities , gathered by contemplating things as they really exist . It
may be observed , that the oldest poets of many nations preserve their reputation
, and that the following generations of wit , after a short celebrity , sink into
oblivion .
الصفحة xliv
Yer it must be at last confeffed , that as we owe every thing to him , he owes
something to us ; that , if much of his praile is paid by perception and judgement ,
much is likewise given by custom and veneration . We fix our eyes upon his
graces ...
Yer it must be at last confeffed , that as we owe every thing to him , he owes
something to us ; that , if much of his praile is paid by perception and judgement ,
much is likewise given by custom and veneration . We fix our eyes upon his
graces ...
الصفحة xlix
Pope's edition fell below his own expectations , and he was so much offended ,
when he was found to have left any thing for others to do , that he past the latter
part of his life in a state of hoftility with verbal criticism . I have retained all his
notes ...
Pope's edition fell below his own expectations , and he was so much offended ,
when he was found to have left any thing for others to do , that he past the latter
part of his life in a state of hoftility with verbal criticism . I have retained all his
notes ...
الصفحة lix
Of this knowledge every man has fome , and none has much ; but when an
authour has engaged the publick attention , those who can add any thing to bis
illustration , communicate their discoveries , and time produces what had eluded
...
Of this knowledge every man has fome , and none has much ; but when an
authour has engaged the publick attention , those who can add any thing to bis
illustration , communicate their discoveries , and time produces what had eluded
...
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... who , of all modern and perhaps ancient poets , “ had the largest and most
comprehensive soul . All “ the images of nature were still present to him , “ and he
drew them not laboriously , but luckily : “ When he describes any thing , you more
...
... who , of all modern and perhaps ancient poets , “ had the largest and most
comprehensive soul . All “ the images of nature were still present to him , “ and he
drew them not laboriously , but luckily : “ When he describes any thing , you more
...
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