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Page 154
... considered as so little allied , that I do not recollect among the Greeks or Romans a single writer who attempted both . Shakespeare has united the powers of exciting laughter and sorrow not only in one mind , but in one composition ...
... considered as so little allied , that I do not recollect among the Greeks or Romans a single writer who attempted both . Shakespeare has united the powers of exciting laughter and sorrow not only in one mind , but in one composition ...
Page 174
... considered as very reprehensible , if I have suffered it to play some freaks in its own dominion . There is no danger in conjecture , if it be proposed as conjecture ; and while the text remains uninjured , those changes may be safely ...
... considered as very reprehensible , if I have suffered it to play some freaks in its own dominion . There is no danger in conjecture , if it be proposed as conjecture ; and while the text remains uninjured , those changes may be safely ...
Page 369
... considered who should distribute the medicines , and who should settle their prices . The physicians procured some apothecaries to undertake the dispensation , and offered that the warden and company of the apothecaries should adjust ...
... considered who should distribute the medicines , and who should settle their prices . The physicians procured some apothecaries to undertake the dispensation , and offered that the warden and company of the apothecaries should adjust ...
Contents
JOHNSON ON SHAKESPEARE | 43 |
Note on the Text and Acknowledgment | 58 |
EARLY PERIODICAL CRITICISM | 59 |
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action admiration Aeneid ancient appears attention beauties blank verse censure character comedy common composition considered Cowley criticism death delight dialogue diction dignity diligence drama Dryden easily easy edition effect elegance endeavoured English English poetry Essay excellence exhibit expression eyes F. R. Leavis Falstaff fancy faults genius give harmony heaven hexameter Hudibras human Iliad images imagination imitation Johnson judgment kind King knowledge labour language learning lines literary literature lived Lycidas Macbeth Metaphysical poets Milton mind moral nature never numbers observed opinion original Othello Paradise Lost passages passions pastoral perhaps play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise produced reader reason remarks rhyme Samson Samson Agonistes Samuel Johnson says scarcely scenes seems sense sentiments Shakespeare sometimes sound supposed syllables thee things thou thought tion tragedy translation truth versification Virgil virtue Warburton words writer written