The plays of Shakespeare, from the text of S. Johnson, with the prefaces, notes &c. of Rowe, Pope and many other critics. 6 vols. [in 12 pt. Followed by] Shakespeare's poems, Volume 1 |
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Page iii
... manners , and as they devolved from one generation to another , have received new honours at every transmission . But becaufe human judgment , though it be gradually gain- ing upon certainty , never becomes infallible ; and approba ...
... manners , and as they devolved from one generation to another , have received new honours at every transmission . But becaufe human judgment , though it be gradually gain- ing upon certainty , never becomes infallible ; and approba ...
Page iv
... manners and of life . His cha- racters are not modified by the customs of particular places , unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or profeffions , which can operate but upon small numbers ; or by the ...
... manners and of life . His cha- racters are not modified by the customs of particular places , unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or profeffions , which can operate but upon small numbers ; or by the ...
Page xi
... manners or in words . As his personages act upon principles arifing from genuine paffion , very little modified by particu- lar forms , their pleasures and vexations are communicable to all times and to all places ; they are natural ...
... manners or in words . As his personages act upon principles arifing from genuine paffion , very little modified by particu- lar forms , their pleasures and vexations are communicable to all times and to all places ; they are natural ...
Page xiv
... manners . Whether he reprefented the real converfation of his time is not eafy to determine ; the reign of Elizabeth is commonly fuppof- ed to have been a time of statelinefs , formality and referve , yet perhaps the relaxations of that ...
... manners . Whether he reprefented the real converfation of his time is not eafy to determine ; the reign of Elizabeth is commonly fuppof- ed to have been a time of statelinefs , formality and referve , yet perhaps the relaxations of that ...
Page xxx
... manners ; the dress is a little varied , but the body is the fame . Our authour had both matter and form to provide ; for except the characters of Chaucer , to whom I think he is not much indebted , there were no writers in English ...
... manners ; the dress is a little varied , but the body is the fame . Our authour had both matter and form to provide ; for except the characters of Chaucer , to whom I think he is not much indebted , there were no writers in English ...
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