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 xliv
... those who find themselves exalted into fame , are willing to credit their encomiafts , and to fpare the labour of contend- ing with themselves . It It does not appear , that Shakespeare thought his works xliv PREFACE .
... those who find themselves exalted into fame , are willing to credit their encomiafts , and to fpare the labour of contend- ing with themselves . It It does not appear , that Shakespeare thought his works xliv PREFACE .
الصفحة xlvi
... those who may be fuppofed to have feldom understood them ; they were tranfmitted by copiers equally unfkilful , who ftill multiplied errours ; they were perhaps fometimes mutilated by the actors , for the fake of fhortening the fpeeches ...
... those who may be fuppofed to have feldom understood them ; they were tranfmitted by copiers equally unfkilful , who ftill multiplied errours ; they were perhaps fometimes mutilated by the actors , for the fake of fhortening the fpeeches ...
الصفحة xlviii
... those which he rejected , though , according to the licen- tioufnefs of the prefs in thofe times , they were printed during Shakespear's life , with his name , had been omitted by his friends , and were never added to his works before ...
... those which he rejected , though , according to the licen- tioufnefs of the prefs in thofe times , they were printed during Shakespear's life , with his name , had been omitted by his friends , and were never added to his works before ...
الصفحة li
... those who folicite favour , against thofe who command reverence ; and so easily is he praised , whom no man can envy . Our authour fell then into the hands of Sir Tho- - mas Hanmer , the Oxford editor , a man , in my opi- nion ...
... those who folicite favour , against thofe who command reverence ; and so easily is he praised , whom no man can envy . Our authour fell then into the hands of Sir Tho- - mas Hanmer , the Oxford editor , a man , in my opi- nion ...
الصفحة lv
Samuel Johnson. Dr. Warburton had a name fufficient to confer celebrity on those who could exalt themselves into antagonists , and his notes have raised a clamour too loud to be diftinct . His chief affailants are the au- thours of the ...
Samuel Johnson. Dr. Warburton had a name fufficient to confer celebrity on those who could exalt themselves into antagonists , and his notes have raised a clamour too loud to be diftinct . His chief affailants are the au- thours of the ...
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