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 xii
... human fentiments in human language ; by fcenes from which a hermit may eftimate the tranfactions of the world , and a confeffor predict the progrefs of the paffions . * His adherence to general nature has expofed him to the cenfure of ...
... human fentiments in human language ; by fcenes from which a hermit may eftimate the tranfactions of the world , and a confeffor predict the progrefs of the paffions . * His adherence to general nature has expofed him to the cenfure of ...
الصفحة xxiv
... human excellence ; that his virtues be rated with his failings : But , from the cenfure which this irregularity may bring upon him , I fhall , with due reverence to that learning which I muft oppose , adventure to try how I can defend ...
... human excellence ; that his virtues be rated with his failings : But , from the cenfure which this irregularity may bring upon him , I fhall , with due reverence to that learning which I muft oppose , adventure to try how I can defend ...
الصفحة xxxii
... human works to human abilities , and as the enquiry , how far man may extend his defigns , or how high he may rate his native force , is of far greater dignity than in what rank we shall place any particular performance , curiofity is ...
... human works to human abilities , and as the enquiry , how far man may extend his defigns , or how high he may rate his native force , is of far greater dignity than in what rank we shall place any particular performance , curiofity is ...
الصفحة xxxv
... human fentiments or human actions ; we place it with the fairest and the nobleft progeny which judgment propagates by conjunction with learning , but Othello is the vigo- rous and vivacious offspring of obfervation impreg- nated by ...
... human fentiments or human actions ; we place it with the fairest and the nobleft progeny which judgment propagates by conjunction with learning , but Othello is the vigo- rous and vivacious offspring of obfervation impreg- nated by ...
الصفحة xxxviii
... filled the kingdom with theological learning ; most of the topicks of human difquifition had found Eng- lifh writers ; and poetry had been cultivated , not only only with diligence , but fuccefs . This was a xxxviii PREFACE .
... filled the kingdom with theological learning ; most of the topicks of human difquifition had found Eng- lifh writers ; and poetry had been cultivated , not only only with diligence , but fuccefs . This was a xxxviii PREFACE .
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