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 ... For his other deviations from the art
of writing , ! resign him to critical justice , without making any other demand in his
...
It will be thought strange , that , in enumerating the defects of this writer , I have
not yet mentioned his neglect of the unities ... For his other deviations from the art
of writing , ! resign him to critical justice , without making any other demand in his
...
الصفحة xxxiv
His English histories he took from English chronicles and English ballads ; and
as the ancient writers were made ... that every man finds his mind more strongly
seized by the tragedies of Shakespeare than of any other writer ; others please
us ...
His English histories he took from English chronicles and English ballads ; and
as the ancient writers were made ... that every man finds his mind more strongly
seized by the tragedies of Shakespeare than of any other writer ; others please
us ...
الصفحة xxxv
The work of a correct and regular writer is a garden accurately formed and
diligently planted , varied with shades , and scented with flowers ; the
composition of Shakespeare is a forest , in which oaks extend b 2 their their
branches , and pines ...
The work of a correct and regular writer is a garden accurately formed and
diligently planted , varied with shades , and scented with flowers ; the
composition of Shakespeare is a forest , in which oaks extend b 2 their their
branches , and pines ...
الصفحة xliii
Such cerse we make wben cue are writing profe ; we make fuchs ver , e in limita
conversation . ... This however is certain ; that he is the first who taught either
tragedy or comedy to pleak , there being no theatrical piece of any older writer ...
Such cerse we make wben cue are writing profe ; we make fuchs ver , e in limita
conversation . ... This however is certain ; that he is the first who taught either
tragedy or comedy to pleak , there being no theatrical piece of any older writer ...
الصفحة xliv
He has scenes of undoubted and perpetual excellence , but perhaps not one
play , which , if it were now exhibited as the work of a contemporary writer , would
be heard to the conclufion . P am indeed far from thinking , that his works were ...
He has scenes of undoubted and perpetual excellence , but perhaps not one
play , which , if it were now exhibited as the work of a contemporary writer , would
be heard to the conclufion . P am indeed far from thinking , that his works were ...
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