| William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 Seiten
...Shakespeare has gain-; ed and kept the favour of his countrymen. Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature ; the...and of life. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1841 - 316 Seiten
...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. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by tbe rest of the world , by the peculiarities of studies... | |
| Henry Caslon - 1841 - 598 Seiten
...¡>ontifejc maxintus, Ti'ierium GrucABCDEFGHIJKLMXOPQKSTUVWXYZ^Œ Shakspeare U above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature ; the poet that holds up to his renders a faithful mirror of manners and of life. His characters are not modified by the customs of... | |
| Alonzo Potter - 1843 - 352 Seiten
...well." — Blake. 5 vols. 16mo, $6 25. Goldsmith. Shakspeare. Shakspeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature, the...mirror of manners and of life. His characters are the genuine progeny of common humanity, such as the •world will always supply, and observation will... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1844 - 348 Seiten
...exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth. Shakspeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature ; the poet that holds up to ti* readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. His characters are not modified by the customs... | |
| Richard Hiley - 1846 - 330 Seiten
...and, deservedly, the pride of his country. "Shakspeare," says Johnson, "is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature; the...and of life. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world; by the peculiarities of studies... | |
| 1847 - 346 Seiten
...finds an echo in every bosom. 8vo, S2 50, London. Shakspeare. Shakspeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature, the...faithful mirror of manners and of life. His characters a*e the genuine progeny of common humanity, such as the world will always supply, and observation will... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1848 - 456 Seiten
...words of that greatest of critics, Dr. Johnson. "Shakspeare," he says, "is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature ; the...and of life. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world; by the peculiarities of studies... | |
| John Burnet - 1848 - 244 Seiten
...says, " Shakspere 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 life. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest... | |
| Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 Seiten
...holds to be the great peculiarity of his excellence : — " Shakspeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature ; the...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... | |
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