 He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily: when he describes anything, you more than see...  A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose - Page 941872 - 534 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 522 pages
...matchless productions of this first of all dramatic writers. "Shakspeare was the man," he remarks, "who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had...them not laboriously, but luckily : when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 520 pages
...matchless productions of this first of all dramatic writers. "Shakspeare was the man," he remarks, "who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had...them not laboriously, but luckily : when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you f«; it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 pages
...cant and vision are to the ear and eye, the same that tickling is to the touch. — Swift. ' CVll. Shakspeare was the man who, of all modern and perhaps...them not laboriously, but luckily; when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...Vor cant and vision are to the ear and eye, the same that tickling is to the touch. — Swift. CVII. feel it too. Those who. accuse him to have wanted...learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he looked inwards, and found her there. Dryden. cvm. Pleasures are like poppies spread,... | |
 | 1847 - 770 pages
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 | 1830 - 430 pages
...sister to Aaron." SHAESPEABE. Dryden, in one of his prefaces, speaking of our great dramatist, says, "He was the man who, of all modern, and perhaps, ancient...them not laboriously, but luckily; when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...paragraph : — 'To begin then with Shakspeare. He was the man who, of all modern, and perhaps all ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive...when he describes anything you more than see it, you flel it too. Those, who accuse him to have wanted teaming, give him the greater commendation : he was... | |
 | 1832 - 406 pages
...mentioned, on his birth-day, in the year 1616, at the age of fifty-two. " Shakspeare," says Dryden, " was the man, who, of all modern, and perhaps ancient...you more than see it — you feel it too. Those who uccuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation ; he was naturally learned ;... | |
 | John Genest - 1832 - 656 pages
...Greek and Latin, like a monarch, and what would have been theft in other poets, is only victory in him. Shakspeare was the man, who of all Modern, and perhaps...not laboriously, but luckily — when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too — those who accuse him to have wanted learning,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1832 - 364 pages
...still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily : when be describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those, who...learned ; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is every where alike ; were he... | |
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