The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Eight Volumes, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington ... [and 9 others], 1765 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 44
Page vii
... can neither indulge vanity nor gratify malignity , but are read without any other reafon` than the defire of pleasure , and are therefore praifed only as pleafure A 4 is is obtained ; yet , thus unaffifted by intereft or PREFACE . vii.
... can neither indulge vanity nor gratify malignity , but are read without any other reafon` than the defire of pleasure , and are therefore praifed only as pleafure A 4 is is obtained ; yet , thus unaffifted by intereft or PREFACE . vii.
Page viii
... pleasures of fudden wonder are foon exhaufted , and the mind can only repofe on the ftability of truth . Shakespeare is above all writers , at least above all modern writers , the poet of nature ; the poet that holds up to his readers a ...
... pleasures of fudden wonder are foon exhaufted , and the mind can only repofe on the ftability of truth . Shakespeare is above all writers , at least above all modern writers , the poet of nature ; the poet that holds up to his readers a ...
Page xv
... it required only a calamitous conclufion , with which the common criticism of that age was fatisfied , whatever lighter pleasure it afforded in its progrefs . Hiftory Hiftory was a series of actions , with no other PREFACE . ' xv.
... it required only a calamitous conclufion , with which the common criticism of that age was fatisfied , whatever lighter pleasure it afforded in its progrefs . Hiftory Hiftory was a series of actions , with no other PREFACE . ' xv.
Page xvii
... pleasures and vexations are communicable to all times and to all places ; they are natural , and therefore durable ; the adventitious peculiarities of perfonal habits , are only fuperficial dies , bright and pleafing for a little VOL ...
... pleasures and vexations are communicable to all times and to all places ; they are natural , and therefore durable ; the adventitious peculiarities of perfonal habits , are only fuperficial dies , bright and pleafing for a little VOL ...
Page xxv
... pleasure to the auditor . The neceffity of obferving the unities of time and place arifes from the fuppofed neceffity of making the drama credible . The criticks hold it impoffible , that an action of months or years can be poffibly ...
... pleasure to the auditor . The neceffity of obferving the unities of time and place arifes from the fuppofed neceffity of making the drama credible . The criticks hold it impoffible , that an action of months or years can be poffibly ...
Other editions - View all
The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Eight Volumes, Volume 8 William Shakespeare,Samuel Johnson,J and R Tonson No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
againſt anfwer Angelo Anthonio Baff Baffanio becauſe Ben Johnson beſt Caliban caufe Clown defire Demetrius doft doth ducats Duke Edition Efcal elfe Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fafe faid Fairies falfe fame father feems fenfe fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fleep fome fomething fometimes foul fpeak fpirit ftand ftill fuch fuppofe fure fwear fweet Giannetto give hath heav'n Hermia himſelf honour houfe houſe Ifab lady laft Laun lefs loft lord Lucio Lyfander mafter moft moſt mufick muft muſt myſelf obferve occafion paffage paffion play pleaſe pleaſure Poet Pompey pray prefent Profpero Protheus Prov Puck purpoſe racter reafon reft SCENE Shakespear ſhall ſhe Shylock Silvia Solarino ſpeak Speed thee thefe THEOBALD theſe thing thofe thoſe thou art Thurio uſe Valentine Venice WARBURTON whofe word