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 xli
... able to obtain an exact knowledge of many modes of life , and many cafts of native difpofitions ; to vary them with great multiplicity ; to mark them by nice diftinctions ; and to fhew them in full view by proper combinations . In this ...
... able to obtain an exact knowledge of many modes of life , and many cafts of native difpofitions ; to vary them with great multiplicity ; to mark them by nice diftinctions ; and to fhew them in full view by proper combinations . In this ...
الصفحة xlviii
... able to fupprefs his contempt of the dull duty of an editor . He under- ftood but half his undertaking . The duty of a collator is indeed dull , yet , like other tedious tasks , is very neceffary ; but an emendatory critick would ill ...
... able to fupprefs his contempt of the dull duty of an editor . He under- ftood but half his undertaking . The duty of a collator is indeed dull , yet , like other tedious tasks , is very neceffary ; but an emendatory critick would ill ...
الصفحة lv
... own abilities , and the little which they have been able to perform might have taught them more candour to the endeavours of others . C 4 Before & Before Dr. Warburton's edition , Critical obfervations on Shakespeare PREFACE . lv.
... own abilities , and the little which they have been able to perform might have taught them more candour to the endeavours of others . C 4 Before & Before Dr. Warburton's edition , Critical obfervations on Shakespeare PREFACE . lv.
الصفحة lvi
... able to surpass his knowledge . I can fay with great fincerity of all my predecef- fors , what I hope will hereafter be faid of me , that not one has left Shakespeare without improvement , nor is there one to whom I have not been ...
... able to surpass his knowledge . I can fay with great fincerity of all my predecef- fors , what I hope will hereafter be faid of me , that not one has left Shakespeare without improvement , nor is there one to whom I have not been ...
الصفحة lxvii
... able to difpute his claims . It is an unhappy ftate , in which danger is hid under pleasure . The allurements of emendation are fcarcely refiftible . Conjecture has all the joy and all the pride of invention , and he that has once ...
... able to difpute his claims . It is an unhappy ftate , in which danger is hid under pleasure . The allurements of emendation are fcarcely refiftible . Conjecture has all the joy and all the pride of invention , and he that has once ...
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