 | 1829 - 434 pągines
...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 - 440 pągines
...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 pągines
...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 pągines
...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,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pągines
...To begin, then, with Shakspeare. He was the man who, oķ 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... | |
 | 1832 - 406 pągines
...mentioned, on 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...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 pągines
...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... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1833 - 654 pągines
...Shakspeare is not only just, but uncommonly elegant and happy. "'He wa« Inc man, who of nil modern,and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the images of nature were ctill present to him, ami he drew them not laboriously, but luckily. When lie describe* any thing;,... | |
 | 1836 - 342 pągines
...it would lose in any other situation. MACKENZIE. SHAKSPEARE. HE was the man who of all modern, aud perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive...luckily : when he describes any thing, you more than sce it, you fcel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning give him the greater commendation... | |
 | 1836 - 504 pągines
...8efftng in beffe n tCeatraltfd;ec »”Miotbef (175S). 4. St. ©. 50 fg. as!) „Shakespeare," fag t er, „was the man, who of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comparative soul. All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously,... | |
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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... 
