 | Francis Douce - 1839 - 678 pages
...himself. Mr. Steevens has indeed summed up every necessary argument in his assertion that " if Shakspeare is worth reading, he is worth explaining; and the...elegant a purpose, merit the thanks of genius and candour, not the satire of prejudice and ignorance." The indefatigable exertions of Messrs. Steevens,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1841 - 436 pages
...been but a secondary object of their lucubrations, for they not only write notes on Shakespeare, but notes, and bitter ones too, on one another. This commentary...and elegant a purpose merit the thanks of genius and candour, not the satire of prejudice and ignorance." But this serves not as an apology for abusing... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1842 - 360 pages
...evil eye of rivalry for drawing his knowledge from " books too mean to be formally quoted." friendly wrestlers ; where some have been so earnest, that...and elegant a purpose merit the thanks of genius and candour, not the satire of prejudice and ignorance." But this serves not as an apology for abusing... | |
 | James Hamilton Fennell - 1862 - 60 pages
...who has not heard of Shakespeare's mulberry tree?' ' —CHABLES KNIGHT in Shakespeare's Biography. " If .Shakespeare is worth reading, he is worth explaining; and the researches used for so valuable a purpose, merit the thanks of genius and candour, not the satire of prejudice and ignorance."—WABTON... | |
 | John Selby Watson - 1863 - 700 pages
...archer was no other than an imaginary beast which the Grecian army brought against Troy. If Shakspeare is worth reading, he is worth explaining, and the...and elegant a purpose merit the thanks of genius and candour, not the satire of prejudice and ignorance. That labour, which so essentially contributes to... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1880 - 888 pages
...cast, they congratulated themselves in the language of Orlando : " If ever he goes alone again, I '11 never wrestle for prize more." THOMAS WARTON once...readings which no one imagined before or since ; and kying us open to the mercy of some who never ventured to sharpen their pens but on our irresistible... | |
 | Modern Language Association of America - 1915 - 1054 pages
...Shakespeare a sample of his sources, of " ' All such reading as never was read,' " and concluded ' If Shakespeare is worth reading, he is worth explaining,...elegant a purpose, merit the thanks of genius and candour, not the satire of prejudice and ignorance' (n, p. 319). In similar vein he rebuked such of... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 2004 - 644 pages
...outrightly accusing Pope of ignorance. Regarding Theobald's Shakespeare Restored ( \ 726), Warton urged: "If Shakespeare is worth reading, he is worth explaining;...candor, not the satire of prejudice and ignorance. That labor . . . deserves a more honourable repository than the Temple of Dulness." Nonetheless it... | |
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SHAKSPEARE is Worth reading, he is worth explaining; and the researches used for so valuable and elegant a purpose, merit the thanks of genius and candour, not the satire of prejudice and ignorance. 
