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 xxiv
It will be thought strange , that , in enumerating the defects of this writer , I have
not yet mentioned his neglect of the unities ; his violation of those laws which
have been instituted and establilhed by the joint authority of poets and of criticks .
It will be thought strange , that , in enumerating the defects of this writer , I have
not yet mentioned his neglect of the unities ; his violation of those laws which
have been instituted and establilhed by the joint authority of poets and of criticks .
الصفحة xxv
To the unities of time and place he has shewn no regard , and perhaps a nearer
view of the principles on which they stand will diminish their value , and withdraw
from them the veneration which , from the time of Corneille , they have very ...
To the unities of time and place he has shewn no regard , and perhaps a nearer
view of the principles on which they stand will diminish their value , and withdraw
from them the veneration which , from the time of Corneille , they have very ...
الصفحة xxix
Whether Sbakespeare knew the unities , and rejected them by design , or
deviated from them by happy ignorance , it is , I think , imposible to decide , and
useless to inquire . We may reasonably suppose , that , when he rose co notice ,
he did ...
Whether Sbakespeare knew the unities , and rejected them by design , or
deviated from them by happy ignorance , it is , I think , imposible to decide , and
useless to inquire . We may reasonably suppose , that , when he rose co notice ,
he did ...
الصفحة xxx
As nothing is essential to the fable , but unity of action , and as the unities of time
and place arise evidently from false assumptions , and , by circumscribing the
extent . of the drama , lessen its variety , I cannot think it much to be lamented ,
that ...
As nothing is essential to the fable , but unity of action , and as the unities of time
and place arise evidently from false assumptions , and , by circumscribing the
extent . of the drama , lessen its variety , I cannot think it much to be lamented ,
that ...
الصفحة xxxi
He that , without diminution of any other excellence , shall preserve all the unities
unbroken , deferves the like applause with the architect , who shall difplay all the
orders of architecture in a citadel , without any deduction from its strength ; but ...
He that , without diminution of any other excellence , shall preserve all the unities
unbroken , deferves the like applause with the architect , who shall difplay all the
orders of architecture in a citadel , without any deduction from its strength ; but ...
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