| Hugh Blair - 1845 - 638 páginas
...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...any thing, you more than see it ; you feel it too. They who accuse him of wanting learning, give him the greatest commendation. He wns naturally learned.... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1845 - 354 páginas
...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... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 páginas
...Hamlet," are the most admired. CHARACTERISTIC SPIRIT AND STYLE. — " He [Shakspere] was the man, who of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest...most comprehensive soul. All the images of nature 1 Steevens. 2 " How much," says Mr. Hallam, (Edinburgh Review, 1808,) " has been written upon Shakespeare... | |
| John Wilson - 1846 - 360 páginas
...proclaiming it with the sound of a trumpet. " To begin, then, with Shakspeare. He was the man who, of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest...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... | |
| Bits - 1847 - 88 páginas
...to keep on the mask.—Clarendon. SHAKESPEARE. To begin then, with Shakspeare. He was the man, who, of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...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... | |
| 1847 - 824 páginas
...so well excelled himself, says: " He was a man of all the moderns and perhaps the ancient poets who had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the...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... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1847 - 490 páginas
...still present to him, and he drew 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 him the greater recommendation ; he was naturally learned ; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1848 - 452 páginas
...from his merits is not great,f and we should scarcely be thankful * [He (Shakspeare) was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...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... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1848 - 468 páginas
...from his merits is not great, f and we should scarcely be thankful * [He (Shakspeare) was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...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... | |
| 1848 - 460 páginas
...quotes with approhation, "as not only just, hut uncommonly elegant and happy." " He was the man who, of all modern, and, perhaps, ancient poets, had the...nature were still present to him, and he drew them, not lahoriously, hut luckily. When ho descrihes any thing, you more than see it — you feel it, too. They... | |
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