 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 Seiten
...right to command JOHN DRYDEN.1 1. SHAKSPEARE.' (7BOM THB "ESSAY OF DRAMATIC POESY," PUBLISHED IN 1667.) SHAKSPEARE was the man who, of all modern, and perhaps...comprehensive soul. All the images of nature were still (constantly) present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily : when he describes anything,... | |
 | Class-book - 1869 - 344 Seiten
...his busy care and endeavour. John Dryden: 1631-1700. Shakspeare. To begin, then, with Shakspeare. He was the man who, of all modern and perhaps ancient...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... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1869 - 498 Seiten
...countrymen of the greatest, wisest, and gentlest Englishman that ever lived. John Dryden says of him, " He was the man who, of all modern and perhaps ancient...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,... | |
 | William Smith, Benjamin Nicholas Martin - 1870 - 482 Seiten
...their nonage till these last appeared. SHAKSPEARE AND BEN JONSON. To begin, then, with Shakspeare. He was the man, who, of all modern, and perhaps ancient...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... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 Seiten
...encomiastic criticism ; exact without minuteness, and lofty without exaggeration." — "He (Shakespeare) was the man, who of all modern and perhaps ancient...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... | |
 | 1872 - 556 Seiten
...Education. [JOHN DRYDEN. 1636 — 1700.] THE GENIUS OF SHAKSPEARE, AND THE ELIZABETHAN DRAMATISTS. SHAKSPEARE was the man who, of all modern and perhaps...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 Seiten
...who, of all modern and perhaps ancient ]x»ts, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All Ihe images of nature were still present to him. and he...describes any thing, you more than see it — you ft«l it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the {.reater commendation : he... | |
 | Henry Thomas Hall - 1874 - 104 Seiten
...Poetry, in which Dryden puts Shakspere above all modern poets, and perhaps some ancient, as possessing "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." In 1675, Edward Phillips, nephew of the poet Milton,... | |
 | English literature - 1874 - 274 Seiten
...DRAMATISTS. SHAKSPEAEE was the man who, of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and moat comprehensive soul. All the images of nature were...them not laboriously but luckily : when he describes anything, you not only see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have want of learning, give... | |
 | 1875 - 780 Seiten
...man. It is only first-rate men that lead their age. But listen to what he says of Shakespeare : " He was the man who of all modern and perhaps ancient...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... | |
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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... 
