 | William Shakespeare - 1832 - 364 pages
...Dryden pronounce, ' that Shakspeare was the man, who, of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, bad the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the images...and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily : when be describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those, who accuse him to have wanted... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1833 - 654 pages
...Shakspeare is not only just, but uncommonly elegant and happy. "'He wa« Inc man, who of nil modern,and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the images of nature were ctill present to him, ami he drew them not laboriously, but luckily. When lie describe* any thing;,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 eoul. 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 goul. 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...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
...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... | |
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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... 
