...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,...them not laboriously, but luckily ; when he describes any thing, you more than see it — you feel it. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give...

...yet not rectified, nor his allusions understood ; yet then did Dryden pronounce, ' that Shakspeare was the man, who, of all modern, and perhaps ancient...them not laboriously, but luckily : when he describes any thing, yon more than see it, yon feel it too. Those, who accuse him to have wanted learning, give...

...one of them, in my opinion, at least his equal, perhaps his superior.* To hegin then with Shakspeare. He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient...nature were still present to him, and he drew them not lahoriously, hut luckily : when he descrihes any thing you more than s,*ei,, you feel it too. Those...

...myriad-minded genius, on his own thousandtongued souL] [•He (Shakspeare) was the man who of all modem, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most...images of nature were still present to him, and he drew tbem not laboriously but luckily: is easy — /n/oei/i causa cuirit licet eat duerto — But to make...

...deep windings of the human heatt, Is not wild Shakspeare thine ami Nature's boast! THOMSON. Shakspeare was the man, who, of all modern, and perhaps ancient...comprehensive soul. All the images of Nature were ;-till present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but jackily : when he describes any thing,...

...the best character of Shakspeare that has ever been written.* * " To begin, then, with Shakspeare : he was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient,...luckily : when he describes anything, you more than sec it, you feel it, too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning give him the greater commendation...

...the age ; and Sir Walter, that Jonson, " by dint of learning and " 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,...

...opinion of one's-self, and proclaiming it with the sound of a trumpet. " 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,...

...thus briefly but happily delineated by Dryden : " He was the man who, of all modern, and perhaps all ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive...drew them, not laboriously, but luckily ; when he * For a full account of Shakspere, Bacon, and Milton, see Famma Men of Modern Times. describes any...

...nnd hnppy. " He was the man, who, of all modern, and perhaps ancient Poets, had the largest and mont comprehensive soul. All the images of Nature were...them not laboriously, but luckily. When he describes any thing, you more than see it ; you feel it too. They who accuse him of wanting learning, give him...