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The business of him that republishes an ancient book is, to correct what is corrupt
, and to explainwhat is obscure. To have a text corrupt in many places, and in
many doubtful, is, among the authors that have written since the use of types, ...
The business of him that republishes an ancient book is, to correct what is corrupt
, and to explainwhat is obscure. To have a text corrupt in many places, and in
many doubtful, is, among the authors that have written since the use of types, ...
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The nation had been for many years content enough with Mr. Rowe's
performance, when Mr. Pope made them acquainted with the true state of
Shakespeare's text, shewed that it was extremely corrupt, and gave reason to
hope that there were ...
The nation had been for many years content enough with Mr. Rowe's
performance, when Mr. Pope made them acquainted with the true state of
Shakespeare's text, shewed that it was extremely corrupt, and gave reason to
hope that there were ...
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single passage in the whole work has appeared to me corrupt, which I have not
attempted to restore ; or obscure which I have not endeavoured to illustrate. In
many I have failed, like others ; and from many, after all my efforts, I have
retreated, ...
single passage in the whole work has appeared to me corrupt, which I have not
attempted to restore ; or obscure which I have not endeavoured to illustrate. In
many I have failed, like others ; and from many, after all my efforts, I have
retreated, ...
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Yet the man thus corrupt, thus despicable, makes himself necessary to the prince
that despises him, by the most pleasing of all qualities, perpetual gaiety, by an
unfailing power of exciting laughter, which is the more freely indulged, as his wit
is ...
Yet the man thus corrupt, thus despicable, makes himself necessary to the prince
that despises him, by the most pleasing of all qualities, perpetual gaiety, by an
unfailing power of exciting laughter, which is the more freely indulged, as his wit
is ...
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His vicious characters sometimes disgust, but cannot corrupt, for both Cressida
and Pandarus are detested and contemned. The comick characters seem to have
been the favourites of the writer ; they are of the superficial kind, and exhibit ...
His vicious characters sometimes disgust, but cannot corrupt, for both Cressida
and Pandarus are detested and contemned. The comick characters seem to have
been the favourites of the writer ; they are of the superficial kind, and exhibit ...
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| Título | The works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 10 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Autores | Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers, Arthur Murphy |
| Editor | F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
| Procedencia del original | University of Minnesota |
| Digitalizado | 4 Feb 2010 |
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