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 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...do little more than transpose his incidents, new-name his characters, and paraphrase his sentiments. The reverence due to writings that have long subsisted,...Considered, and what is most considered is best understood. , The poet, of whose works I have undertaken the revision, may now begin to assume the dignity of an... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...do little more than transpose his incidents, new name his characters, and paraphrase his sentiments. The reverence due to writings that have long subsisted...considered, and what is most considered is best understood. The poet, of whose works I have undertaken the revision, may now begin to assume the dignity of an... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
...little more than transpose his incidents, new-name his characters, and paraphrase his sentiments. . The reverence due to writings that have long subsisted...considered, and what is most considered is best understood. The poet, of whose works I have undertaken the revision, may now begin to assume the dignity of an... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pages
...little more than transpose his incidents, new name his characters, and paraphrase his sentiments. . , , The reverence due to writings that have long subsisted...considered, and what is most considered is best understood. The poet, of whose works I have undertaken the revision, may now begin to assume the dignity of an... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...do little more than transpose his incidents, new name his characters, and paraphrase his sentiments. The reverence due to writings that have long subsisted...has been longest known has been most considered, and wha£ is most considered is best understood. The poet, of whose works I have undertaken the revision,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...little more than transpose his incidents, new name his characters, :ind paraphrase his sentiments. The reverence due to writings that have long subsisted...confidence in the superior wisdom of past ages, or gioomy persuasion of the degeneracy of mankind, but is the consequence of acknowledged and indubitable... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...transpose his incidents, new name his characters, and paraphrase his sentiments. The reverence clue to writings that have long subsisted arises therefore not from any credulous confidence in fhe superior wisdom of past ages, or gloomy persuasion: of the degeneracy of mankind, but is the consequence... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 pages
...do little more than transpose his incidents, new name his characters, and paraphrase his sentiments. The reverence due to writings that have long subsisted...considered, and what is most considered is best understood. The poet, of whose works I have undertaken the revision, may now begin to assume the dignity of an... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 pages
...do little more than transpose his incidents, new-name his characters, and paraphrase his sentiments. The reverence due to writings that have long subsisted...therefore not from any credulous confidence in the superiour wisdom of past ages, or gloomy persuasion of the degeneracy of mankind, but is the consequence... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 510 pages
...do little more than transpose his incidents, new name his characters, and paraphrase his sentiments. The reverence due to writings that have long subsisted...indubitable positions, that what has been longest known hus been most considered, and what is most considered is best understood. The poet, of whose works... | |
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