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 xxxix
... improving it . pro- But the greater part of his excellence was the duct of his own genius . He found the English ftage in ... improvement he proceeded , is not easily known ; for the chronology of his works is yet unfettled . Rowe is of ...
... improving it . pro- But the greater part of his excellence was the duct of his own genius . He found the English ftage in ... improvement he proceeded , is not easily known ; for the chronology of his works is yet unfettled . Rowe is of ...
الصفحة lvi
... improvement , nor is there one to whom I have not been indebted for affiftance and information . Whatever I have taken from them it was my intention to refer to its origi- nal authour , and it is certain , that what I have not given ...
... improvement , nor is there one to whom I have not been indebted for affiftance and information . Whatever I have taken from them it was my intention to refer to its origi- nal authour , and it is certain , that what I have not given ...
الصفحة lx
... improved by prac- tice , and its advancement is hindered by fubmiffion to dictatorial decifions , as the memory grows torpid by the use of a table book . Some initiation is how- ever neceffary ; of all skill , part is infused by pre ...
... improved by prac- tice , and its advancement is hindered by fubmiffion to dictatorial decifions , as the memory grows torpid by the use of a table book . Some initiation is how- ever neceffary ; of all skill , part is infused by pre ...
الصفحة lxiii
... improvement was flight , without notice , and fometimes with an account of the reafons of the change . Conjecture , though it be fometimes unavoidable , I have not wantonly nor licentiously indulged . It has been my settled principle ...
... improvement was flight , without notice , and fometimes with an account of the reafons of the change . Conjecture , though it be fometimes unavoidable , I have not wantonly nor licentiously indulged . It has been my settled principle ...
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