 | 1826 - 450 pages
...among; the Engliih. DryJeи. §81. Remarks en fame of the befi Eaglijit dramatic Poets. Shakefpeare was the man who, of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, had the largeft and moft comprehenfive foul. All the images of nature were ftilf prefent to him, and he drew... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...eminent a teacher, is a circumstance which I imagine no other nation besides England can boast. BURKE. HE was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient...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... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 408 pages
...is a circumstance which I imagine no other nation besides England can boast. BURKE. SHAKSPEARE. HE was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient...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... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 406 pages
...is a circumstance which I imagine no other nation besides England can boast. BURKE. SHAKSPEARE. HE was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient...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
...matchless productions of this first of all dramatic writers. "Shakspeare was the man," he remarks, "who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had...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
...after a 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
...after a 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... | |
 | 1830 - 288 pages
...character which 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...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,... | |
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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... 
