 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 374 pages
...Through the deep windings of the human heatt, Is not wild Shakspeare thine ami Nature's boast! THOMSON. Shakspeare was the man, who, of all modern, and perhaps...comprehensive soul. All the images of Nature were ;-till present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but jackily : when he describes any thing,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1844 - 846 pages
...myriad-minded genius, on his own thousandtongued souL] [•He (Shakspeare) was the man who of all modem, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most...images of nature were still present to him, and he drew tbem not laboriously but luckily: is easy — /n/oei/i causa cuirit licet eat duerto — But to make... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1845 - 510 pages
...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,...them not laboriously, but luckily : when he describes anything, you more than sec it, you feel it, too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning give... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1845 - 512 pages
...character of Shakspeare that has ever been written.* • " To begin, then, with Shakspeare: he w« the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient, poets...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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Literature - 1845 - 354 pages
...thus briefly but happily delineated by Dryden : " He was the man who, of all modern, and perhaps all ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive...drew them, not laboriously, but luckily ; when he * For a full account of Shakspere, Bacon, and Milton, see Famma Men of Modern Times. describes any... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...Macbeth," and " Hamlet," are the most admired. CHARACTERISTIC SPIRIT AND STYLE. — " He [Shakspere] was the man, who of all modern and perhaps ancient...most comprehensive soul. All the images of nature 1 Steevens. 2 " How much," says Mr. Hallam, (Edinburgh Review, 1808,) " has been written upon Shakespeare... | |
 | John Wilson - Criticism - 1846 - 360 pages
...of 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...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... | |
 | Bits - Anthologies - 1847 - 88 pages
...when he cared less to keep on the mask.—Clarendon. SHAKESPEARE. 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... | |
 | Theology - 1847 - 824 pages
...so well excelled himself, says: " He was a man of all the moderns and perhaps the ancient poets who had 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 too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1848 - 468 pages
...of blemishes to be deducted from his merits is not great, f and we should scarcely be thankful * [He (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... | |
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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... 
