A Review of Doctor Johnson's New Edition of Shakespeare: In which the Ignorance, Or Inattention, of that Editor is Exposed, and the Poet Defended from the Persecution of His CommentatorsJ. Payne, 1765 - 133 pages |
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Page iii
... , in apologizing for the present Review , there are three things to be confidered . .1 . The defign or intent of writing it . 2. The manner in which it is * Hamlet . a 2 written ; written ; and lastly , the probable effects or confe-
... , in apologizing for the present Review , there are three things to be confidered . .1 . The defign or intent of writing it . 2. The manner in which it is * Hamlet . a 2 written ; written ; and lastly , the probable effects or confe-
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... defign of the act is plainly what is fet forth in the title , viz . to defend the text of Shakespeare from the perfecution of his commentators . * See Appendix to the Canons of Criticism . The The Reviewer is well aware that Dr ...
... defign of the act is plainly what is fet forth in the title , viz . to defend the text of Shakespeare from the perfecution of his commentators . * See Appendix to the Canons of Criticism . The The Reviewer is well aware that Dr ...
Page xiii
... defign , from the reputation of the Undeferving . His confcience is perfectly easy alfo , from the reflection that if he had not undertaken to expofe the defects of Dr. John- fon's C fon's work , fomebody else would . For , PREFACE . xiii.
... defign , from the reputation of the Undeferving . His confcience is perfectly easy alfo , from the reflection that if he had not undertaken to expofe the defects of Dr. John- fon's C fon's work , fomebody else would . For , PREFACE . xiii.
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... defign the time • of night in which fairies travel . One would think the con- fideration of the circumstances should have fet him right , • Ariel was a spirit of great delicacy , bound , by the charms of Profpero , to a conftant ...
... defign the time • of night in which fairies travel . One would think the con- fideration of the circumstances should have fet him right , • Ariel was a spirit of great delicacy , bound , by the charms of Profpero , to a conftant ...
Page 15
... and night . In regard to Dr. Warburton's calling Theobald's reason , for altering the text , an idle fancy , and his telling us , that the circum- circumftance of the bat is only introduced to defign the THE TEMPEST . 15.
... and night . In regard to Dr. Warburton's calling Theobald's reason , for altering the text , an idle fancy , and his telling us , that the circum- circumftance of the bat is only introduced to defign the THE TEMPEST . 15.
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Page 72 - These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights, Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.
Page 13 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's bell I lie: There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily : Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Page 99 - ... of the old reading; then by proposing something, which to superficial readers would seem specious, but which the editor rejects with...
Page i - A Review of Dr. Johnson's new edition of Shakespeare; in which the Ignorance or Inattention of that Editor is exposed, and the Poet defended from the Persecution of his Commentators,
Page 99 - I could have written longer notes, for the art of writing notes is not of difficult attainment. The work is performed, first by railing at the stupidity...
Page 112 - Each cast at the other, as when two black clouds, With heaven's artillery fraught, come rattling on Over the Caspian ; then stand front to front, Hovering a space, till winds the signal blow To join their dark encounter in mid air : So frown'd the mighty combatants, that hell Grew darker at their frown...
Page 57 - Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not fo unkind As man's ingratitude ; Thy tooth is not fo keen, Becaufe thou art not feen, Altho
Page xv - I have indeed disappointed no opinion more than my own; yet I have endeavoured to perform my task with no slight solicitude. Not a single passage in the whole work has appeared to me corrupt, which I have not attempted to restore; or obscure, which I have not endeavoured to illustrate.
Page 43 - FOR SEEMLY BEHAVIOUR. First come, first serve.— Then come not late •, And, when arrived, keep your state ; For he, who from these rules shall swerve, Must pay the forfeits.— So, observe.
Page 108 - ... to any end. It is said of a woman, who accepts a worse match than those which she had refused, that ' she has passed through the wood, and at last taken a crooked stick.