 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...  The American Monthly Magazine - Page 2651829Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 532 pages
...not rectified, nor his allusions understood ; yet then did Dryden pronounce, ' that Shakapeare was the man, who, of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All thr ima?cS or nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily :... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 470 pages
...yet not rectified nor his allusions understood; yet then did Dryden I rouounce, "that Shakspeare was the man, who, of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All tue imases of nature were still present to him, and he drew them noI laboriously, bnt luckily :... | |
 | John Aikin - 1814 - 662 pages
...so ample and judicious, that it renders further commendation superfluous. " Shakespear (says 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.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 514 pages
...yet not rectified, nor his allusions understood ; yet then did Dryden pronounce, that Shakespeare was the " man, who, of all modern and perhaps " ancient poets, had the largest and most compre" hensive soul. All the images of nature were still " present to him, and he drew them not laboriously,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 492 pages
...yet not rectified, nor his allusions understood; yet then did Dryden pronounce, that Shakespeare was the " man, who, of all modern and perhaps " ancient poets, had the largest and most compre" hensive soul. All the images of nature were still " present to him, and he drew them not laboriously,... | |
 | 1845 - 816 pages
...one's-self, and proclaiming it with the sound of a trumpet. 1 " To begin, then, with Shakspeare. 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;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...yet not rectified, nor his allusions understood ; yet then did Dryden pronounce, that Shakespeare was the "man, who, of all modern 'and perhaps ancient...had the largest and most •' comprehensive soul. All the images of nature were ' still present to him, and he drew them not laborious'ly, but luckily:... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 450 pages
...yet not rectified, nor his allusions understood ; yet then did Dryden pronounce, that Shakespeare 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... | |
 | 1821 - 408 pages
...which they are severally appreciated at the present moment. " To begin, then, with Shakspeare. 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 :... | |
 | 1821 - 404 pages
...which they are severally appreciated at the present moment. " To begin, then, with Shakspeare. 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 :... | |
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