 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1876 - 622 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1878 - 750 pages
...writers, at least above all moderf writers, the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to D* readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. His characters...peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but on small numbers; or by the accidents of transient fashions or temporary opin'ons: they are the genuine... | |
 | Working class - 1878 - 230 pages
...modern writers — the poet of Nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of human life. His characters are not modified by the customs...rest of the world, by the peculiarities of studies and professions which can operate but upon small numbers, or by the accidents of transient fashions... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Authors - 1879 - 582 pages
...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 place«, unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studios or professions, which... | |
 | Thomas William White - 1892 - 326 pages
...Shakspeare," as Dr. Johnson says, "is, above all modern writers, the poet that holds up to his hearers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. His characters...particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world, nor by the accident of transient fashions and temporary opinions, but are the genuine progeny of common... | |
 | James Baldwin - Children's poetry - 1897 - 254 pages
...least, above 10 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...not modified by the customs of particular places, unpracticed by 15 the rest of the world; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can... | |
 | James Baldwin - Readers - 1897 - 254 pages
...least, above 10 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...not modified by the customs of particular places, unpracticed by 15 the rest of the world; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - Digital images - 1905 - 422 pages
...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...not modified by the customs of particular places, 5 unpractised by the rest of the world, by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate... | |
 | Myra Soper Woodley, Oscar Israel Woodley - English language - 1906 - 376 pages
...writers, the poet of nature, the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and life. His characters are 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... | |
 | Joseph Thomas Raby - 1909 - 168 pages
...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...peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operat but upon small numbers, or by the accidents of transient fashion of temporary opinions ; they... | |
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His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers ; or by the accidents of transient fashions or temporary... 
