THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.1823 |
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... followed ; and some still continue to be variously written , as authors differ in their care or skill : of these it was proper to enquire the true orthography , which I have always considered as depending on their de- rivation , and ...
... followed ; and some still continue to be variously written , as authors differ in their care or skill : of these it was proper to enquire the true orthography , which I have always considered as depending on their de- rivation , and ...
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... followed with great exactness such histories as were then thought true ; nor can it be doubted that the scenes of enchantment , however they may now be ridiculed , were both by himself and his audience thought TRAGEDY OF MACBETH . 77.
... followed with great exactness such histories as were then thought true ; nor can it be doubted that the scenes of enchantment , however they may now be ridiculed , were both by himself and his audience thought TRAGEDY OF MACBETH . 77.
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... followed his authors . Instead of di- lating his thoughts into generalities , and expressing incidents with poetical latitude , he often combines circumstances unnecessary to his main design , only because he happened to find them ...
... followed his authors . Instead of di- lating his thoughts into generalities , and expressing incidents with poetical latitude , he often combines circumstances unnecessary to his main design , only because he happened to find them ...
Página 130
... followed him with less dili- gence or less success . But I have never observed that mankind was much delighted or improved by their asterisks , commas , or double commas ; of which the only effect is , that they preclude the pleasure of ...
... followed him with less dili- gence or less success . But I have never observed that mankind was much delighted or improved by their asterisks , commas , or double commas ; of which the only effect is , that they preclude the pleasure of ...
Página 158
... that he chose the most popular , such as were read by many , and related by more ; for his audience could not have followed him through the intricacies of the drama , had they not held the thread of 158 PREFACE TO SHAKESPEARE .
... that he chose the most popular , such as were read by many , and related by more ; for his audience could not have followed him through the intricacies of the drama , had they not held the thread of 158 PREFACE TO SHAKESPEARE .
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