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
Samuel Johnson. 1 intelligence , but by remarking , that nation after na- tion , and century after century , has been able to do little more than tranfpofe his incidents , new name his characters , and paraphrafe his fentiments . The ...
Samuel Johnson. 1 intelligence , but by remarking , that nation after na- tion , and century after century , has been able to do little more than tranfpofe his incidents , new name his characters , and paraphrafe his fentiments . The ...
الصفحة x
... tion out of common converfation , and common oc- currences . Upon every other stage the univerfal agent is love , by whofe power all good and evil is distributed , and every action quickened or retarded . To bring a lover , a lady and a ...
... tion out of common converfation , and common oc- currences . Upon every other stage the univerfal agent is love , by whofe power all good and evil is distributed , and every action quickened or retarded . To bring a lover , a lady and a ...
الصفحة xxiii
... tion with incidents , or enchaining it in fufpenfe , let but a quibble fpring up before him , and he leaves his work unfinished . A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn afide from his career , or stoop from his ...
... tion with incidents , or enchaining it in fufpenfe , let but a quibble fpring up before him , and he leaves his work unfinished . A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn afide from his career , or stoop from his ...
الصفحة xxviii
... tion we easily contract the time of real actions , and therefore willingly permit it to be contracted when we only fee their imitation . It will be asked , how the drama moves , if it is not credited . It is credited with all the credit ...
... tion we easily contract the time of real actions , and therefore willingly permit it to be contracted when we only fee their imitation . It will be asked , how the drama moves , if it is not credited . It is credited with all the credit ...
الصفحة xxxv
... - den accurately formed and diligently planted , varied with fhades , and fcented with flowers ; the compofi- tion of Shakespeare is a foreft , in which oaks extend b 2 their their branches , and pines tower in the air , PREFAC E. XXXV.
... - den accurately formed and diligently planted , varied with fhades , and fcented with flowers ; the compofi- tion of Shakespeare is a foreft , in which oaks extend b 2 their their branches , and pines tower in the air , PREFAC E. XXXV.
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