 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 996 páginas
...composition pre-eminent for taste, elegance, and philosophy. " Shakspeare," says our great moralist, " thine ; add of life. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the... | |
 | 1826 - 370 páginas
...immortal bard, no one has given so faithful a mirror of manners and of life. The characters in his plays are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world; they are not influenced by the peculiarities of studies, or professions, which can operate but upon... | |
 | John Evans - 1831 - 322 páginas
...which nature spake to mankind. And Johnson leaves on record this memorable testimony, that "SHAKSPEARE is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers,...his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life !" But let us naw turn our attention to WAR in all its tremendous ramifications ; it is a fertile subject... | |
 | John Genest - 1832 - 616 páginas
...done, as well as said, and that inactive declamation is very coldly heard. Shakspeare is above all writers the poet of nature, the poet that holds up to his readers the faithful mirror of manners, and life — his characters are the genuine progeny of common humanity,... | |
 | Henry Halford - 1833 - 264 páginas
...test like that proposed by the poet ; by him, of whom it has been justly observed by Dr. Johnson, that he is, ' above all writers, at least above all modern...readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life.' Human nature, in fact, has been and is always the same ; and the descriptions of it, which we meet... | |
 | John Evans - 1834 - 306 páginas
...which nature spake to mankind. And Johnson leaves on record this memorable testimony, that "SHAKSPEARE is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers,...his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life !" But let us now turn our attention to WAR in all its tremendous ramifications ; it is a fertile subject... | |
 | George Smeeton - 1834 - 300 páginas
...Johnson has thus accurately drawn the character of Shakspeare, as a dramatic writer : ' Shakspeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature ; the ppet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. His characters are not... | |
 | 1852 - 670 páginas
...immortal bard, no one has given eo faithful a mir-ror of manners and of-life. The characters in his plays C ; they are not influenced by the peculiarities of étudies, or professions, which can operate but opon... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 790 páginas
...sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth. Shakspeare ; Hie poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners anil of life. His characters are... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 316 páginas
...pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth. readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life....by the customs of particular places, unpractised by tbe rest of the world , by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but on small... | |
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Shakespeare is, above all writers, — at least above all modern writers, — the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. 
