 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 450 Seiten
...writer, of which the name is known, except to antiquaries and collectors of books, which are sought because they are scarce, and would not have been scarce, had they been much esteemed. To him we must ascribe the praise, unless Spenser may divide it with him, of having first discovered... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 434 Seiten
...piece, etc. " Dr. Johnson said of these writers generally that 'they were sought after because they were scarce, and would not have been scarce had they been much esteemed.' His decision is neither true history nor sound criticism. They were esteemed, and they deserved to... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1904 - 580 Seiten
...but of Shakspere's contemporaries this critic said that ' they were sought after because they were scarce, and would not have been scarce had they been much esteemed.' Malone and Steevens, about the same time, made it known that other playwrights of great merit flourished... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 442 Seiten
...answer.— Dr. Johnson said of these writers generally, that ' they were sought after because they were scarce, and would not have been scarce, had they been much esteemed.' His decision is neither true history nor sound criticism. They were esteemed, and they deserved to... | |
 | Beverley Ellison Warner - 1906 - 328 Seiten
...performed as early as 1561 and published in 1565. •By Thos. Kyd. lectors of books, which are sought because they are scarce, and would not have been scarce, had they been much esteemed. To him we must ascribe the praise, unless Spenser may divide it with him, of having first discovered... | |
 | John Fyvie - 1906 - 352 Seiten
...upon the subject.' Dr. Johnson's dictum, that these old writers ' were sought after because they were scarce, and would not have been scarce had they been much esteemed, ' was still accepted, and Hazlitt's first business was to show that these old writers had live blood... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1908 - 254 Seiten
...writer, of which the name is known, except to antiquaries and collectors of books, which are sought because they are scarce, and would not have been scarce, had they been much esteemed. To him we must ascribe the praise, unless Spenser may divide it with him, of having first discovered... | |
 | 1909 - 498 Seiten
...writer, of which the name is known, except to antiquaries and collectors of books, which are sought because they are scarce, and would not have been scarce, had they been much esteemed. ' To him we must ascribe the praise, unless Spenser may divide it with him, of having first discovered... | |
 | Brian Vickers - 1995 - 585 Seiten
...writer of which the name is known, except to antiquaries and collectors of books, which are sought because they are scarce, and would not have been scarce had they been much esteemed. To him we must ascribe the praise, unless Spenser may divide it with him, of having first discovered... | |
 | Millar MacLure - 1995 - 219 Seiten
...writer, of which the name is known, except to antiquaries and collectors of books, which are sought because they are scarce and would not have been scarce, had they been much esteemed. Elsewhere in the 'Preface' he speaks of the barbarity of that age: 'The publick was gross and dark....... | |
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... plays. This however is certain, that he is the first who taught either tragedy or comedy to please, there being no theatrical piece of any older writer, of which the name is known, except to antiquaries and collectors of books, which are sought because... 
