 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 pages
...circumstance which I imagine no other nation besides England can boast. BURKE. SHAKSPEAKE. HE was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had...them not laboriously, but luckily : when he describes anything, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning give... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 520 pages
...DELINEATORS OF CHARACTER. I HAVE reserved for insertion in this fourth and concluding portion of ray volume, three miniature portraits of Shakspeare from...he describes any thing, you more than see it, you f«; it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation' he was... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1829 - 440 pages
...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 - 434 pages
...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... | |
 | 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...them, not laboriously, but luckily ; when he describes anything you more than see it, you flel it too. Those, who accuse him to have wanted teaming, give... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1830 - 288 pages
...Dryden has drawn of Shakspcarc, is not only just, but uncommonly elegant and happy. " He was the man, who, " of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, "...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,... | |
 | 1832 - 406 pages
...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 poets, had...them, not laboriously, but luckily. When he describes anything, you more than see it — you feel it too. Those who uccuse him to have wanted learning, give... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
