 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...  The American Monthly Magazine - Seite 2651829Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 Seiten
...depend on his own myriad-minded genius, on bis own thousandtongued BOU!.] [• He {Shakspeare) 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 be drew them not laboriously but luckily: is... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 316 Seiten
...not rectified, nor his allusions understood ; yet then did Dryden pronounce, ' that Shakspeare 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 lahoriously, but luckily :... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1842 - 326 Seiten
...justly ranks high among the prose writers of English literature. " To begin with Shakspeare. He is 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 ;... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 Seiten
...effect of the work is weakened. Notes are often necessary, but they are necessary evils.' Shakspeare 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:... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - 1844 - 536 Seiten
...them, in my opinion, at least his equal, perhaps his superior.* To hegin then with Shakspeare. 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 lahoriously, hut luckily :... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 348 Seiten
...not rectified, nor his allusions understood ; yet then did Dryden pronounce, ' that Shakspeare 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 :... | |
 | 1845 - 816 Seiten
...; and Sir Walter, that Jonson, " by dint of learning and " To begin, then, with Shakspeare. 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;... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 Seiten
...Macbeth," and " 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 and most comprehensive soul. All the images of nature 1 Steevens. 2 " How much," says Mr. Hallam, (Edinburgh Review, 1808,) " has... | |
 | 1845 - 842 Seiten
...one's-self, and 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 and most comprehensive soul ; all the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them, not laboriously but luckily;... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 Seiten
...best character of Shakspeare that has ever been written.* * " To begin, then, with Shakspeare : 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 :... | |
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