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 xv
An action which ended happily to be principal persons , however serious or
distressful through its intermediate incidents , in their opinion constituted a
comedy . This idea of a comedy continued long amongst us , and plays wstę
written , which ...
An action which ended happily to be principal persons , however serious or
distressful through its intermediate incidents , in their opinion constituted a
comedy . This idea of a comedy continued long amongst us , and plays wstę
written , which ...
الصفحة xxxi
ma , that though they may sometimes conduce to pleafure , they are always to be
sacrificed to the nobler beauties of variety and instruction ; and that a play ,
written with nice observation of critical rules , is to be contemplated as an
elaborate ...
ma , that though they may sometimes conduce to pleafure , they are always to be
sacrificed to the nobler beauties of variety and instruction ; and that a play ,
written with nice observation of critical rules , is to be contemplated as an
elaborate ...
الصفحة xxxvii
That his plays have some French scenes proves but little ; he might easily
procure them to be written , and probably , even though he had known the
language in the cominon degree , he could not have written it without affistance .
In the story ...
That his plays have some French scenes proves but little ; he might easily
procure them to be written , and probably , even though he had known the
language in the cominon degree , he could not have written it without affistance .
In the story ...
الصفحة lviii
The notes which I have borrowed or written are either illustrative , by which
difficulties are explained ; or judicial , by which faults and beauties are remarked ;
or emendatory , by which depravations are corrected . The explanations
transcribed ...
The notes which I have borrowed or written are either illustrative , by which
difficulties are explained ; or judicial , by which faults and beauties are remarked ;
or emendatory , by which depravations are corrected . The explanations
transcribed ...
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I could have written longer notes , for the art of writing notes is not of difficult
attainment . The work is performed , first by railing at the stupidity , negligence ,
ignorance , and asinine tastelessness of the former editors , and shewing , from
all that ...
I could have written longer notes , for the art of writing notes is not of difficult
attainment . The work is performed , first by railing at the stupidity , negligence ,
ignorance , and asinine tastelessness of the former editors , and shewing , from
all that ...
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