 Particular passages are cleared by notes, but the general effect of the work is weakened. The mind is refrigerated by interruption ; the thoughts are diverted from the principal subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last throws away...  The Gentleman's Magazine - עמוד 4781765תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1980 - 792 דפים
...explanation for this widespread preference: "Particular passages are cleared by notes, but the general effect of the work is weakened. The mind is refrigerated...interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principal subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last he throws away the book which he has... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 2002 - 868 דפים
...his edition of Shakespeare in 1765, 'Particular passages are cleared by notes, but the general effect of the work is weakened. The mind is refrigerated...interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principal subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last throws away the book which he has too... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 2003 - 340 דפים
...preface to his edition of Shakespeare. 'Particular passages are cleared by notes, but the general effect of the work is weakened. The mind is refrigerated...interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principal subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last throws away the book, which he has too... | |
 | Howard D. Weinbrot - 2005 - 412 דפים
...vol. 7, Johnson on Shakespeare, ed. Arthur Sherbo (i 968), p. 1 1 1 : though notes can be helpful, "The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principal subject." See also Percival Stockdale, An Inquiry into the Nature, and Genuine Laws of Poetry (London,... | |
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