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" I have always suspected that the reading is right, which requires many words to prove it wrong ; and the emendation wrong, that cannot without so much labour appear to be right. "
The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of ... - Page 305
by William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson - 1803
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Mr. Johnson's Preface to His Edition of Shakespear's Plays..

Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 pages
...with a long paraphrafe, and concluding with loud acclamations on the difcovery, and a , fober with for t'he advancement and profperity of genuine criticifm....precept may be well applied to criticifm, quod dubitas »? feceris. To dread the more which he fees fpread with wrecks, is natural to the failor. I had before...
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The plays of William Shakespeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 pages
...criticifm. All this may be done, and perhaps done fometimes without impropriety. But I have always fufpeded that the reading is right, which requires many words...wrong; and the emendation wrong, .that cannot without fp much labour appear to be right. The juftnefs of a happy reftoration ftrikes at once, and the moral...
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Prefaces. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 pages
...acclamations on the difcovery, and a fober with for the advancement and profperity of genuine criticiim. All this may be done, and perhaps done fometimes without...right. The juftnefs of a happy reftoration ftrikes at and the moral precept may be well applied to criticifin, quod dubitas ne feceris. »_ To dread the...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...genuine Criticifm. All this may be done, and perhaps done fometimes without Impropriety. But ihave always fufpected that the Reading is right, which...Precept may be well applied to Criticifm, quod dubitas nefcceris. To dread the Shore which he fees, fpread with Wrecks, is natural to the Sailor. I had before...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...Criticifm. All this may be done, and perhaps done fometimes without Impropriety. But 1 have always fufpeeted that the Reading is right, which requires many Words...the moral Precept may be well applied to Criticifm, q uod dubltas ne feceris. To dread the Shore which he fees fpread with Wrecks, is natural to the Sailor....
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 412 pages
...Criticifm. All this may be done, and perhaps done fometimes without Impropriety. But 1 have always fufpe&ed that the Reading is right, which requires many Words...Labour, appear to be right. The Juftnefs of a happy Re- . Iteration ftrikes at Once, and the moral Precept may be well applied to Criticifm, quod dubitas...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: Prefaces. The tempest. The ...

William Shakespeare - 1778 - 746 pages
...criticifm, All this may be done, and perhaps done fometimes without impropriety. But I have always fufpefted that the reading is right, which requires many wordS...cannot without fo much labour appear to be right. The juflnefs of a happy reftoration flrikes at once, and the moral precept may be well applied to criticifm,...
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The Beauties of Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - Maxims - 1782 - 482 pages
...excellence out of the reach of rules. Ditto, ditto, p. i30. That reading may generally be fufpected to be right, which requires many words to prove it wrong; and the emendation wrong, which cannot, without fo much labour, appear to be right, Preface to Shakefpeare, p. 66. CONVICT. •%....
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Adventurer. Philological tracts

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 500 pages
...nKrovriviy. I3ut I have always fufpeeled that the reading is right, which requires many words to prove ic wrong; and the emendation wrong, that cannot without...precept may be well applied to criticifm, quod dubitas nefeceris. To dread the fhore which he fees fpread with wrecks, is natural to the failor. I had before...
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The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere: With the Notes of All ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...critscism. All this may be done, and perhaps done sometimes without impropriety. But I have always suspefted that the reading is right, which requires many words...wrong ; and the emendation wrong, that cannot without so much labour appear to be right. The justness of a happy restoration strikes at once, and the moral...
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