 | 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...any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation : he was naturally... | |
 | 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...luckily : when he describes any thing, you more than sce it, you fcel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning give him the greater commendation... | |
 | 1836 - 504 pages
...8efftng in beffe n tCeatraltfd;ec »¡Miotbef (175S). 4. St. ©. 50 fg. as!) „Shakespeare," fag t er, „was the man, who of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comparative soul. All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously,... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - 334 pages
...justly ranks high among the prose writers of English literature. " To begin with Shakspeare. He is the man, who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive goul. All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - 334 pages
...justly ranks high among the prose writers of English literature. " To begin with Shakspeare. He is the man, who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive eoul. All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...yet not rectified, nor his allusions understood ; yet then did Dryden pronounce, " that Shakspeare He 's coming, I perceive 't. Pne. Pray heaven, she...IMO». Thou 'it in the right, girl ; more o' that. Those, who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation ; he was naturally... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1839 - 718 pages
...dramatist. 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,... | |
 | Michael J. Sidnell - 1991 - 332 pages
...of them, in my opinion, at least his equal, perhaps his superior, To begin, then, with Shakespeare, He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient...any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned:... | |
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All the images of nature were 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 accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation : he... 
