The plays of William Shakespeare, with the corrections and illustr. of various commentators. To which are added notes by S. Johnson, Volume 1 |
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Página v
... laft bestowed by time . Antiquity , like every other quality that attracts the notice of mankind , has undoubtedly votaries that reverence it , not from reafon , but from pre- judice . Some seem to admire indiscriminately what- ever has ...
... laft bestowed by time . Antiquity , like every other quality that attracts the notice of mankind , has undoubtedly votaries that reverence it , not from reafon , but from pre- judice . Some seem to admire indiscriminately what- ever has ...
Página xiv
... are interrupted in their progreffion , and that the principal event , being not advanced by a due gradation of preparatory incidents , wants at laft the power power to move , which conftitutes the perfection of dramatick xiv PREFACE .
... are interrupted in their progreffion , and that the principal event , being not advanced by a due gradation of preparatory incidents , wants at laft the power power to move , which conftitutes the perfection of dramatick xiv PREFACE .
Página xvii
... laft with little felicity ; but in his comick fcenes he feems to produce with- out labour , what no labour can improve . In tragedy he is always ftruggling after fome occafion to be comick , but in comedy he feems to repofe , or to ...
... laft with little felicity ; but in his comick fcenes he feems to produce with- out labour , what no labour can improve . In tragedy he is always ftruggling after fome occafion to be comick , but in comedy he feems to repofe , or to ...
Página xlii
... laft capricious and cafual . Shake- fpeare , whether life or nature be his fubject , fhews plain- ly that he has fen with his own eyes ; he gives the image which he receives , not weakened or distorted by the intervention of any other ...
... laft capricious and cafual . Shake- fpeare , whether life or nature be his fubject , fhews plain- ly that he has fen with his own eyes ; he gives the image which he receives , not weakened or distorted by the intervention of any other ...
Página xliv
... laft confeffed , that as we owe every thing to him , he owes fomething to us ; that , if much of his praife is paid by perception and judge- ment , much is likewife given by cuftom and venera- tion . We fix our eyes upon his graces ...
... laft confeffed , that as we owe every thing to him , he owes fomething to us ; that , if much of his praife is paid by perception and judge- ment , much is likewife given by cuftom and venera- tion . We fix our eyes upon his graces ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
againſt Angelo Anthonio Baff becauſe beft Ben Johnson Caliban Clown defire Demetrius doft doth ducats Duke Edition Efcal Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fafe faid Fairies falfe fame father feems fenfe fent fhall fhew fhould fince firft fleep fome fomething fometimes foul fpeak fpirit ftand ftill ftrange fuch fuppofe fure fwear fweet Giannetto give hath heav'n Hermia himſelf honour houfe houſe Ifab juftice lady laft Laun lefs loft lord Lucio Lyfander mafter moft moſt mufick muft muſt myſelf obferved occafion paffage paffion perfon play pleaſe pleaſure Poet Pompey pray prefent Profpero Protheus Prov Puck purpoſe Pyramus racter reafon reft SCENE Shakespear ſhall ſhe Shylock Silvia Solarino ſpeak Speed thee thefe THEOBALD theſe thing thofe thoſe thou art thouſand Thurio uſe Valentine Venice WARBURTON whofe word worfe
Passagens conhecidas
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.