The plays of William Shakespeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators. To which are added notes by S. Johnson, Volumen1 |
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Página xvii
In tragedy he often writes with great appearance of toil and ftutly , what is written
at last with little felicity ; but in his camick scenes he seems to produce without
labour , what no labour can improve . In tragedy he is always struggling after
some ...
In tragedy he often writes with great appearance of toil and ftutly , what is written
at last with little felicity ; but in his camick scenes he seems to produce without
labour , what no labour can improve . In tragedy he is always struggling after
some ...
Página cxx
Tho ' Homer's Date is not determin'd down to a single Year , yet ' tis pretty
generally agreed that he liv'd above 300 Years before Draco and Solon : And that
, it seems , has made himn seem to allude to the very Laws , which these Two ...
Tho ' Homer's Date is not determin'd down to a single Year , yet ' tis pretty
generally agreed that he liv'd above 300 Years before Draco and Solon : And that
, it seems , has made himn seem to allude to the very Laws , which these Two ...
Página cxlv
I T seems to be a kind of respect due to the memory of excellent men , especially
of those whom their wit and learning have made famous , to deliver some
account of them ! elves , as well as their works , to Pofterity . For this reason , how
fond ...
I T seems to be a kind of respect due to the memory of excellent men , especially
of those whom their wit and learning have made famous , to deliver some
account of them ! elves , as well as their works , to Pofterity . For this reason , how
fond ...
Página clx
... and in very many places greatly commended . For those Plays which he has
taken from the English or Roman history , let any man compare ' em , and he will
find the character as exact in the Poet as the Historian . He seems indeed so far ...
... and in very many places greatly commended . For those Plays which he has
taken from the English or Roman history , let any man compare ' em , and he will
find the character as exact in the Poet as the Historian . He seems indeed so far ...
Página 145
... make his eye - balls roll with wonted sight ; When they next wake , all this
derision Shall seem a dream , and fruitless vision ; And back to Athens Ih all the
lovers wend With league , whose date ' till death shall never end . ot CLS 2 - 2 1 -
fort .
... make his eye - balls roll with wonted sight ; When they next wake , all this
derision Shall seem a dream , and fruitless vision ; And back to Athens Ih all the
lovers wend With league , whose date ' till death shall never end . ot CLS 2 - 2 1 -
fort .
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Página x - Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature. Particular manners can be known to few, and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied. The irregular combinations of fanciful invention may delight awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth.
Página 53 - The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning ! And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant, Whether you will or no.
Página xxv - A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller : he follows it at all adventures ; it is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to engulf him in the mire.
Página 462 - I will be bound to pay it ten times o'er, On forfeit of my hands, my head, my heart: If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will.
Página xxii - He carries his persons indifferently through right and wrong, and at the close dismisses them without further care, and leaves their examples to operate by chance. This fault the barbarity of his age cannot extenuate, for it is always a writer's duty to make the world better, and justice is a virtue independent on time or place.
Página 433 - I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear! would she were hearsed at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin!
Página 269 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Página 118 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it love-in-idleness.
Página xxiii - ... with more zeal than judgment, to transfer to his imagined interpolators. We need not wonder to find Hector quoting Aristotle, when we see the loves of Theseus and Hippolyta combined with the Gothic mythology of fairies.
Página lxxiii - ... you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read Nature; he looked inwards, and found her there.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The plays of William Shakespeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators. To which are added notes by S. Johnson, Volumen1 The plays of William Shakespeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators. To which are added notes by S. Johnson, William Shakespeare |
| Autor | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Samuel Johnson |
| Publicado | 1768 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 24 Oct. 2007 |
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