...best character of Shakspeare that has ever been written.* * " To begin, then, with Shakspeare : he was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient,...luckily : when he describes anything, you more than sec it, you feel it, too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning give him the greater commendation...

...of one's-self, and proclaiming it with the sound of a trumpet. " To begin, then, with Shakspeare. 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,...

...interested ! Pars minima est ipse poeta sui" were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously hut luckily: when he describes anything, you more than...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...

...age ; and Sir Walter, that Jonson, " by dint of learning and " To begin, then, with Shakspeare. 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,...

...full account of Shakspere, Bacon, and Milton, see .Famous Men of Modern Times. describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse...learned. He needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he looked inwards and found her there." Another great man, who looms up in the distance...

...thus briefly but happily delineated by Dryden : " He was the man who, of all modern, and perhaps all ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive...drew them, not laboriously, but luckily ; when he * For a full account of Shakspere, Bacon, and Milton, see Famma Men of Modern Times. describes any...

...of one's-self, and proclaiming it with the sound of a trumpet. " To begin, then, with Shakspeare. He was the man who, of all modern and perhaps ancient...luckily; when he describes anything, you more than see it—you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation...

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...so well excelled himself, says: " He was a man of all the moderns and perhaps the ancient poets who had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the...learned ; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he looked inward and found her there. I cannot say he is everywhere alike; were he so,...

...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...accuse him to have wanted learning give him the greater recommendation ; he was naturally learned ; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he...