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 xxi
... writer ought to chuse the best . In tragedy his performance feems conftantly to be worfe , as his labour is more . The effufions of paf- fion which exigence forces out are for the moft part ftriking and energetick ; but whenever he ...
... writer ought to chuse the best . In tragedy his performance feems conftantly to be worfe , as his labour is more . The effufions of paf- fion which exigence forces out are for the moft part ftriking and energetick ; but whenever he ...
الصفحة xxiv
... writer , I have not yet mentioned his neglect of the unities ; his violation of thofe laws which have been inftituted and established by the joint authority of poets and of criticks . For his other deviations from the art of writing , I ...
... writer , I have not yet mentioned his neglect of the unities ; his violation of thofe laws which have been inftituted and established by the joint authority of poets and of criticks . For his other deviations from the art of writing , I ...
الصفحة xxxiv
... writers were made known to his countrymen by verfions , they fupplied him with new fubjects ; he dilated fome of ... writer , by exciting reftlefs and unquench- able curiofity , and compelling him that reads his work to read it ...
... writers were made known to his countrymen by verfions , they fupplied him with new fubjects ; he dilated fome of ... writer , by exciting reftlefs and unquench- able curiofity , and compelling him that reads his work to read it ...
الصفحة xxxv
... writer ; we pronounce the name of Cato , but we think on Addifon . The work of a correct and regular writer is a gar- den accurately formed and diligently planted , varied with fhades , and fcented with flowers ; the compofi- tion of ...
... writer ; we pronounce the name of Cato , but we think on Addifon . The work of a correct and regular writer is a gar- den accurately formed and diligently planted , varied with fhades , and fcented with flowers ; the compofi- tion of ...
الصفحة xxxvi
... deep learning in many imitations of old writers ; but the examples which I have known urged , were drawn from books tranflated in his time ; or were fuch fuch eafy coincidencies of thought , as will happen to xxxvi PREFACE .
... deep learning in many imitations of old writers ; but the examples which I have known urged , were drawn from books tranflated in his time ; or were fuch fuch eafy coincidencies of thought , as will happen to xxxvi PREFACE .
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