 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1865 - 80 Seiten
...them in the act of striking at the enemy fell down from mere weakness. — Macaulay. 7. Shakespeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature. — Jonson. 8. (They) plucked his gown to share the good man's smile/ — Goldsmith. 9. His numerous... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1866 - 82 Seiten
...of them in the act of striking at the enemy fell down from mere weakness.—Macaulay. 7. Shakespeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature.—Johnson. 8. (They) plucked his gown to share the good man's smile.— Goldsmith. 9. His numerous... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 530 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...devolved from one generation to another, have received new honours at every transmission. Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers,...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1868 - 394 Seiten
...building. III. —CHARACTER. DR. JOHNSON, the great moralist, says of the great dramatist, " Shakspeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the Poet of Nature. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places. His persons act and speak by the... | |
 | 1872 - 660 Seiten
...read with frequent astonishment, and Pope with perpetual delight. Life of Pope. SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE is, above all writers, — at least, above all modern...not modified by the customs of particular places, unpracticed by the rest of the world, by the peculiarities of studies or professions which can operate... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 Seiten
...perpetual delight. i#i</v«8HAKBPEARE. Shakspeare is, above all writers, — at least above all iiiodem writers, — the poet of nature ; the poet that holds up to his read«rs a faithful mirror of manners and of life. His characters are not modified by the customs of... | |
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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. 
