 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 pages
...the dissolution of " the great globe itself" can annihilate. Dryden says of him, "He was a man \vho, of all modern and, perhaps, ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. AH the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily. When... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 pages
...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 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... | |
 | 1829 - 434 pages
...after a new era in English literature had begun, Dryden, in his Essay on Dramatic Poetry, praised " the man who of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul," in a style of eulogium perfect enough to fill all succeeding panegyrists with despair. Such was the... | |
 | 1829 - 440 pages
...after a new era in English literature had begun, Dryden, in his Essay on Dramatic Poetry, praised " the man who of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul," in a style of eulogium perfect enough to fill all succeeding panegyrists with despair. Such was the... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1830 - 288 pages
...character which Dryden has drawn of Shakspcarc, is not only just, but uncommonly elegant and happy. " He was the man, who, " of all modern, and perhaps...comprehensive soul. " All the images of nature were stid present to " him, and he drew them not laboriously, but " luckily. When he describes any thing,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...To begin, then, with Shakspeare. He was the man who, oí all modern, and perhaps ancient poete, liad u n" a h 峞n g N Ly t .H^^ { ө) # jk | qG A -X 'fT\ % & t;F u y/]pl ڙ)~ N SH : )uFj,%:~ hut luckily. When he describes anything, yon more than see it — you feel it too. Those who accnse... | |
 | 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 - 514 pages
...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 Ancient...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,... | |
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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... 
