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Mr. Johnson's Preface to His Edition of Shakespear's Plays..

Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 pages
...fatal Cleopatra for which he loft the world, and was con.tent to lofe it. It will be thought ftrange, that, in enumerating the defects of this writer, I...mentioned his neglect of the unities ; his violation of thofe laws which have been inftituted and eftablilhed by the joint authority of* poets and of cridcks....
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Prefaces. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 pages
...fatal Cleopatra for which he loft the world, and was content to lofe it. It will be thought ftrangc, that, in enumerating the defects of this writer, I...mentioned his neglect of the unities •, his violation of thofe lav/s which have been inftituted and cftablifhcd by the joint authority of poets and of criticks....
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...fatal Cleopatra for which he lou the World, and was content to lofe it. ' It will be thought ftrange, that in enumerating the Defects of this Writer, I...mentioned his Neglect of the Unities ; his Violation of thofe Laws which have been inftituted and eftablifhed by the joint Authority of Poets and of Criticks....
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 412 pages
...fatal Cleopatra for which he loft the World, and was content to lofe it. It will be thought ftrange, that in enumerating the Defects of this Writer, I...mentioned his Neglect of the Unities -, his Violation of thofe Laws which have been inftituted and efta blifhed by the joint Authority of Poets and of Criticks....
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...the World, and was content to lofe it. It will be thought ftrange, that in enumerating the Defeats of this Writer, I have not yet mentioned his Neglect of the Unities ; his Violation of thofe Laws which, have been inftituted and eftablifhed by the joint Authority of Poets and of Criticks....
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Adventurer. Philological tracts

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 pages
...the world, and was content to lofe it. It will be thought ftrange, that, in enumerating the defeats of this writer, I have not yet mentioned his neglect of the unities; his violation of thofelaws which have been inftituted and eftablifhed by the ioint authority of poets and criticks....
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The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere: With the Notes of All ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...or stoop from his elevation. A quibWe, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight, that >he was content to purchase it, by the sacrifice of reason,...defects of this writer, I have not yet mentioned his neglefl of the unities; his violation of those laws which have been instituted and established by the...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 1058 pages
...fatal Cleopatra for which he loft the world, and was content to lofe it. It will be thought ftrange, that, in enumerating the defects of this writer, I...mentioned his neglect of the unities ; his violation of thofe laws which have been inftituted and eftablimed by the joint authority of poets and critics. For...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 454 pages
...fatal Cleopatra for which he loft, tlie world, and was content to lofc it. It will be thought ftrange, that, in enumerating the defects of this writer, I...mentioned his neglect of the unities; his violation of thofe laws which have been inftituted and eftablifhed by the joint authority of poets and criticks....
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson - 1803 - 542 pages
...fatal Cleopatra for which he loft the world, and was content to lofe it. It will be thought ftrange, that, in enumerating the defects of this writer, I...mentioned his neglect of the unities; his violation of thofe laws which have been inftituted and eftablifhed by the joint authority of poets and of criticks....
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