| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 páginas
...by Prescott, p. 870. m. 121. SRAKSPEARE. OHAKSPEAKE is, above all writers, — at least above all rO modern writers, — the poet of nature ; the poet...not modified by the customs of particular places, un practiced by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate... | |
| Roses - 1867 - 172 páginas
...and, as they devolved from one generation to another, have received new honours at every transmission. Shakespeare is, above all writers, at least above...not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1867 - 530 páginas
...sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth. " Shakspeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers,...to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of Ufa His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 páginas
...the greatest of these is CHARITY EXERCISE XXVIIT. SKETCH OF SHAKSPEARE. SAMUEL J03HSOW* 1 Shakspeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers,...of nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faith I'ul mirror of manners and of life. His characters arc r.ot modified by the customs of particular... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 páginas
...and, as they devolved from one generation to another, have received new honours at every transmission. Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all...mirror of manners and of life. His characters are net modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities... | |
| Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 páginas
...length, by displaying what he holds to be the great peculiarity of his excellence : — " Shakspeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers,...his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life This, therefore, is the praise of Shakspeare — that his drama is the mirror of life." Such is the... | |
| James Hain Friswell - 1869 - 498 páginas
...exhibits the powers of the great doctor as a critical essayist. Here is an extract from it : — " Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all...not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate... | |
| 1872 - 660 páginas
...read with frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight. Life of Pope. SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE is, above all writers, — at least, above all modern...studies or professions which can operate but upon smull numbers, or by the accidents of transient fashions or temporary opinions : they are the genuine... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1873 - 614 páginas
...Prescott, p. 370. m. 121. SHAKSPEARE. C1HAKSPEAHE is, above all -writers,— at least above all fO modern writers, — the poet of nature ; the poet...readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. Hia characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpracticed by the rest of the... | |
| Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 páginas
...defect where there is elevation of rank and affluence of riches. J3HAKESPEARE. (The Poet of Nature.) SHAKESPEARE is, above all writers, at least above...not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate... | |
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