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 vi
... honour of a favourable reception.— It is prefumed needlefs , however , to particularize performances that would certainly have been lefs faulty , had they been lefs nu- merous . The author contents himself , therefore , with mentioning ...
... honour of a favourable reception.— It is prefumed needlefs , however , to particularize performances that would certainly have been lefs faulty , had they been lefs nu- merous . The author contents himself , therefore , with mentioning ...
Page x
... honour from his Cyropædia , than from the famous retreat of the ten thousand ; and Cæfar still more from his commentary , than from all the military exploits recorded in it . As to the examples of modern times ; to fay nothing of James ...
... honour from his Cyropædia , than from the famous retreat of the ten thousand ; and Cæfar still more from his commentary , than from all the military exploits recorded in it . As to the examples of modern times ; to fay nothing of James ...
Page xii
... honour restored . In the fecond , it is feared Dr. Johnson will fuffer not a little in his literary re- putation ; and in the last , it may be suspected , that the proprietors will be injured in the fale of the work . In regard to the ...
... honour restored . In the fecond , it is feared Dr. Johnson will fuffer not a little in his literary re- putation ; and in the last , it may be suspected , that the proprietors will be injured in the fale of the work . In regard to the ...
Page 38
... honour is accounted a MERCIFUL man . To which he answers , " Yes , but such provocation would " make me , merciful as I am , fwear and play the tyrant . " To this it may be objected , that Efcalus represents himself in this cafe as a ...
... honour is accounted a MERCIFUL man . To which he answers , " Yes , but such provocation would " make me , merciful as I am , fwear and play the tyrant . " To this it may be objected , that Efcalus represents himself in this cafe as a ...
Page 54
... honour either to his boafted genius or learning . I bonour ? honour ? How dare he behave to that public with 54 THE MERCHANT OF VENICE .
... honour either to his boafted genius or learning . I bonour ? honour ? How dare he behave to that public with 54 THE MERCHANT OF VENICE .
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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.