 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 454 pages
...feel the higheft pleafure that the drama can give, read every play, from the firft fceae to the laft, with utter negligence of all his commentators. When his fancy is once en the wing, let it not ftoop at correction or explanation. >yhen hjs .attention, is ftrongly engaged,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...Shakspeare, and who desires to feel the highest pleasure that the drama can give, read every play, from the first scene to the last, with utter negligence...read on through brightness and obscurity, through integrity and corruption ; let him preserve his comprehension of the dialogue and his interest in the... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson - 1803 - 542 pages
...feel the higheft pleafure that the drama can give, read every play, from the firft fcene to the laft, with utter negligence of all his commentators. When his fancy is once on the wing, let it not ftoop at correction or explanation. When his attention is ftrongly engaged, let it difdain alike to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1802 - 422 pages
...feel the higheft pleafure that the drama can give, read every play, from the firft icene to the laft, with utter negligence of all his commentators. When his fancy is once en the wing, let it not ftoop at correction or explanation. When his attention is ftrongly engaged,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pages
...Shakspeare, and who desires to feel the highest pleasure that the drama can give, read every play, from the first scene to the last, with utter negligence...read on through brightness and obscurity, through integrity and corruption ; let him preserve his comprehension of the dialogue and his interest in the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
...give, read every play, from the first scene to the last, witU utter negligence of all his commentators. fancy is once on the wing, let it not stoop at correction...read on through brightness and obscurity, through integrity and corruption ; let him preserve his comprehension of the dialogue and his interest in the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...highest pleasure that the drama can give, read every play, from the first scene to the last, jt-ith. utter negligence of all his commentators. When his...read on through brightness and obscurity, through integrity and corruption; let him preserve his comprehension of the dialogue and his interest in the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...Shaksfieare, and who desires to feel the highest pleasure that the drama can give, read every play, from the first scene to the last, with utter negligence...all his commentators. When his fancy is once on the wirig, let it not stoop at correction or explanation. When his attention is strongly engaged, let it... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...reader, to whom Sh-akspeare is newii and him he very judiciously counsels to " read every play from the first scene to the last, with utter negligence of all his commentators.—Let ltim read on, through brightness and obscurity, through integrity and corruption;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 pages
...Shakspeare, and who desires to feel the highest pleasure that the drama can give, read every play, from the first scene to the last, with utter negligence...read on through brightness and obscurity, through integrity and corruption ; let him preserve his comprehension of the dialogue, and his interest in... | |
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Notes are often necessary, but they are necessary evils. Let him that is yet unacquainted with the powers of Shakespeare, and who desires to feel the highest pleasure that the drama can give, read every play from the first scene to the last, with utter... 
