Memorials And Other Papers — volume 1
Memorials And Other Papers — volume 1
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Johnsonprofesses himself unable to explain the _rationale_ or principleregulating its Shakspearian use, though he felt its value, it is to bededuced thus: First of all, change the pronunciation a little, bysubstituting for the short _o_, as we pronounce it in _modern_, thelong _o_, as heard in _modish_, and you will then, perhaps, perceivethe process of analogy by which it passed into the Shakspearian use. The _matter_ or substance of a thing is, usually, so much moreimportant than its fashion ...or _manner_, that we have hence adopted, asone way for expressing what is important as opposed to what is trivial, the word _material_. Now, by parity of reason, we are entitled toinvert this order, and to express what is unimportant by some wordindicating the mere fashion or external manner of an object as opposedto its substance. This is effected by the word _modal_ or _modern_, as the adjective from _modus_, a fashion or manner; and in that senseShakspeare employs the word. Thus, Cleopatra, undervaluing to Caesar'sagent the bijouterie which she has kept back from inventory, and whichher treacherous steward had betrayed, describes them as mere trifles "Such gifts as we greet modern friends withal;" where all commentators have _felt_ that modern must form theposition, mean, slight, arid inconsiderable, though perplexed to sayhow it came by such a meaning.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Johnsonprofesses himself unable to explain the _rationale_ or principleregulating its Shakspearian use, though he felt its value, it is to bededuced thus: First of all, change the pronunciation a little, bysubstituting for the short _o_, as we pronounce it in _modern_, thelong _o_, as heard in _modish_, and you will then, perhaps, perceivethe process of analogy by which it passed into the Shakspearian use. The _matter_ or substance of a thing is, usually, so much moreimportant than its fashion ...or _manner_, that we have hence adopted, asone way for expressing what is important as opposed to what is trivial, the word _material_. Now, by parity of reason, we are entitled toinvert this order, and to express what is unimportant by some wordindicating the mere fashion or external manner of an object as opposedto its substance. This is effected by the word _modal_ or _modern_, as the adjective from _modus_, a fashion or manner; and in that senseShakspeare employs the word. Thus, Cleopatra, undervaluing to Caesar'sagent the bijouterie which she has kept back from inventory, and whichher treacherous steward had betrayed, describes them as mere trifles "Such gifts as we greet modern friends withal;" where all commentators have _felt_ that modern must form theposition, mean, slight, arid inconsiderable, though perplexed to sayhow it came by such a meaning.
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