 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
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...was yet not rectified, nor his allusions understood; yet then did Dryden pronounce " that Shakespeare 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 Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...them, in my opinion, at least his equal, perhaps his superior. 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, give... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 1010 pages
...reading was yet not rectified, nor his allusions understood ; jet then did Dryden pronounce, " that in my wish, To wish myself much better ; yet, for...thousand times more fair, ten thousand times More rich : whet he describes any thing, you more than see it, yoi feel it too. Those, who accuse him to have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 476 pages
...yet not rectified, nor his allusions understood ; yet then did Dryden pronounce " that Shakespeare was the man, who, of all modern and, perhaps, ancient...nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriouslv, but luckily : when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those,... | |
 | John Platts - 1826 - 882 pages
...is so ample and judicious that it renders further commendation superfluous. " Shakspeare," 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. He needed not the spectacles of books to read nature;... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 406 pages
...is a circumstance which I imagine no other nation besides England can boast. BURKE. SHAKSPEARE. HE was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient...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... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...eminent a teacher, is a circumstance which I imagine no other nation besides England can boast. BURKE. HE was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient...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... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 408 pages
...is a circumstance which I imagine no other nation besides England can boast. BURKE. SHAKSPEARE. HE was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient...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... | |
 | 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... | |
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