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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. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised... "
Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of ... - Page 3
by William Shakespeare - 1838 - 926 pages
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The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere: With the Notes of All ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpraftised by the rest of the world j by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which...supply, and Observation will always find. His persons aft and Kiij speak speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest; the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can...and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual; in those of Shakspeare it is...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pages
...awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest ; the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can...and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual ; in those of Shakspeare it is...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest ; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can...and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual ; in those of Shakspeare it is...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...the common satiety of life sends us all in quest; the pleasures of sudden wonder are soonexhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of -...and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In tlie writings of other poets a character is too often an indi\idual; in those of Shakspeare it is...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 pages
...while, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest ; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can...and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual ; in those of Shakspeare it is...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 pages
...sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth. Shakespeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers,...and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In the writings of other poets a character racter is too often an individual : in those of Shakespeare...
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Historical and critical matter The tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry ...

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 510 pages
...awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest ; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can...and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual ; in those of Shakspeare it is...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 436 pages
...while, by that novelty of which the common satiety of -life sends us all in quest ; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can...and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual ; in those of Shakspeare it is...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 514 pages
...sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind cato only repose on the stability of truth. Shakespeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers,...and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual : in those of Shakespeare it...
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