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
| John Genest - 1832 - 516 pages
...still present to him, and he drew them, not laboriously, but luckily — when he 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...was yet not rectified, nor his allusions understood ; yet then did Dry den pronounce, "thatShakspeare s) Fann'd with the eastern wind, turns to a crow,...bliss! Hel. O spite! O hell! I see you all are bent any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those, who accuse him to hav wanted learning, give... | |
| John Dryden, John Mitford - 1836 - 488 pages
...opinion, at least his equal, perhaps his superior.* To begin then with Shakspeare. He was the man whq of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...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... | |
| 1836 - 342 pages
...it would lose in any other situation. MACKENZIE. SHAKSPEARE. HE was the man who of all modern, aud perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive...them not laboriously, but luckily : when he describes any thing, you more than sce it, you fcel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning give... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...reading was yet not rectified, nor his allusions understood ; yet then did Dryden pronounce, " that ll relent ; He 's coming, I perceive 't. Pne. Pray...the less, foul profanation. IMO». Thou 'it in the any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those, who accuse him to have wanted learning, give... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1839 - 718 pages
...Even Dryden, who came in a worse period, and had no undue reverence for Shakspeare, admits that " he was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient...them not laboriously, but luckily : when he describes anv thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse his plays were not so frequently... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1839 - 702 pages
...Shakespeare is not only just, but uncommonly elegant and happy. " He was the man who, of all modern, ami perhaps ancient, poets, had the largest and most comprehensive...and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily. When lie describes any thing, you more than see it, you t'cel it too. They who accuse him of wanting learning,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1841 - 316 pages
...reading was yet not rectified, nor his allusions understood ; yet then did Dryden pronounce, ' that Shakspeare was the man, who, of all modern, and perhaps...Nature were still present to him, and he drew them not lahoriously, but luckily : when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 pages
...however, learned to depend on his own myriad-minded genius, on bis own thousandtongued BOU!.] [• He ll be drew them not laboriously but luckily: is easy — InfacUi causa cuiris licet ate dittrto — But... | |
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