The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Eight Volumes, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington ... [and 9 others], 1765 |
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In Eight Volumes William Shakespeare Samuel Johnson. COLLEGE LIBRARY 18645 18146 . $ 6.40 , PREFACE . HAT praifes are without reafon lavished on Tthe.
In Eight Volumes William Shakespeare Samuel Johnson. COLLEGE LIBRARY 18645 18146 . $ 6.40 , PREFACE . HAT praifes are without reafon lavished on Tthe.
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... reafon , but from pre- judice . Some feem to admire indifcriminately what- ever has been long preferved , without confidering that time has fometimes co - operated with chance ; all perhaps are more willing to honour past than prefent ...
... reafon , but from pre- judice . Some feem to admire indifcriminately what- ever has been long preferved , without confidering that time has fometimes co - operated with chance ; all perhaps are more willing to honour past than prefent ...
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... they 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.
... they 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.
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... reafon for choice . Other dramatifts can only gain attention by hy- perbolical or aggravated characters , by fabulous and unexampled excellence or depravity , as the writers . of barbarous romances invigorated the reader by a giant and ...
... reafon for choice . Other dramatifts can only gain attention by hy- perbolical or aggravated characters , by fabulous and unexampled excellence or depravity , as the writers . of barbarous romances invigorated the reader by a giant and ...
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... reafon to indulge their hopes of fupreme excellence , than when he feems fully refolved to fink them in dejection , and mollify them with tender emotions by the fall of greatness , the danger of innocence , or the croffes of love . He ...
... reafon to indulge their hopes of fupreme excellence , than when he feems fully refolved to fink them in dejection , and mollify them with tender emotions by the fall of greatness , the danger of innocence , or the croffes of love . He ...
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