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 vi
... because frequent comparisons have confirmed opinion in its favour . As among the works of nature no man can properly call a river deep or a mountain high , without the knowledge of many mountains and many rivers ; fo in the produc ...
... because frequent comparisons have confirmed opinion in its favour . As among the works of nature no man can properly call a river deep or a mountain high , without the knowledge of many mountains and many rivers ; fo in the produc ...
الصفحة viii
... because human judgment , though it be gra- dually gaining upon certainty , never becomes infal- lible ; and approbation , though long continued , may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion ; it is proper to inquire , by ...
... because human judgment , though it be gra- dually gaining upon certainty , never becomes infal- lible ; and approbation , though long continued , may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion ; it is proper to inquire , by ...
الصفحة xi
... because many speeches there are which have nothing characteristical ; but , perhaps , though fome may be equally adapted to every perfon , it will be difficult to find , any that can be properly transferred from the prefent poffeffor to ...
... because many speeches there are which have nothing characteristical ; but , perhaps , though fome may be equally adapted to every perfon , it will be difficult to find , any that can be properly transferred from the prefent poffeffor to ...
الصفحة xiv
... because it includes both in its alterations of exhibition , and approaches nearer than either to the appearance of life , by fhewing how great machi- nations and flender defigns may promote or obviate one another , and the high and the ...
... because it includes both in its alterations of exhibition , and approaches nearer than either to the appearance of life , by fhewing how great machi- nations and flender defigns may promote or obviate one another , and the high and the ...
الصفحة xxviii
... . The delight of tragedy proceeds from our consciousness of fiction ; if we thought murders and treafons real , they would please no more . Imitations Imitations produce pain or pleasure , not because they are xxviii PRE FACE .
... . The delight of tragedy proceeds from our consciousness of fiction ; if we thought murders and treafons real , they would please no more . Imitations Imitations produce pain or pleasure , not because they are xxviii PRE FACE .
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