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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... must be estimated by their propor- tion to the general and collective ability of man , as it is dif covered in a long fucceffion of endeavours . Of the first building that was raised , it might be with certainty deter- mined that it was ...
... must be estimated by their propor- tion to the general and collective ability of man , as it is dif covered in a long fucceffion of endeavours . Of the first building that was raised , it might be with certainty deter- mined that it was ...
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... must think morally ; but his precepts and axioms drop cafually from him ; he makes no just distribution of good or evil , nor is always care- ful to fhew in the virtuous , a disapprobation of the wicked ; he carries his persons ...
... must think morally ; but his precepts and axioms drop cafually from him ; he makes no just distribution of good or evil , nor is always care- ful to fhew in the virtuous , a disapprobation of the wicked ; he carries his persons ...
Page xvii
... must be indulged to all 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 ...
... must be indulged to all 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 ...
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... must be compared with the state of the age in which he lived , and with his own particular opportunities ; and though to the reader a book be not worse or better for the circumstances of the author , yet as there is always a filent ...
... must be compared with the state of the age in which he lived , and with his own particular opportunities ; and though to the reader a book be not worse or better for the circumstances of the author , yet as there is always a filent ...
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... that on our ftage fomething must be done as well as faid , and inactive declamation is very coldly heard , however mufical or elegant , paffionate or sublime . Voltaire expreffes his wonder , that our authour's extra- vagances PREFACE XXV.
... that on our ftage fomething must be done as well as faid , and inactive declamation is very coldly heard , however mufical or elegant , paffionate or sublime . Voltaire expreffes his wonder , that our authour's extra- vagances PREFACE XXV.
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