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" Shakespeare approximates the remote and familiarizes the wonderful; the event which he represents will not happen, but if it were possible its effects would probably be such as he has assigned; and it may be said that he has not only shown human nature... "
Historical and critical matter The tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry ... - Page 3
by William Shakespeare - 1811
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Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare

David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 434 pages
...the remote, and familiarizes the wonderful ; the event which he represents will not happen, but if it were possible, its effects would probably be such...assigned ; and it may be said that he has not only shewn human nature as it acts in real exigences, but as it would be found in trials to which it cannot...
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Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare

David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 450 pages
...the remote, and familiarizes the wonderful ; the event which he represents will not happen, but if it were possible, its effects would probably be such...assigned ; and it may be said that he has not only shewn human nature as it acts in real exigences, but as it would be found in trials to which it cannot...
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Nelson's Literature Readers, Book 2

Richard Garnett - Readers - 1905 - 494 pages
...the remote and familiarizes the wonderful. The event which he represents will not happen, but, if it were possible, its effects would probably be such...cannot be exposed. This, therefore, is the praise of Shakespeare—that his drama is the mirror of life; that he who has mazed his imagination, in followihg...
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Masterpieces of the World's Best Literature, Volume 5

Jeannette Leonard Gilder - Literature - 1905 - 330 pages
...the remote, and familiarizes the wonderful: the event which he represents will not happen; but, if it were possible, its effects would probably be such...cannot be exposed. This therefore is the praise of Shakespeare: that his drama is the mirror of life; that he who has mazed his imagination, in following...
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English Essays

Walter Cochrane Bronson - Digital images - 1905 - 426 pages
...were possible its effects would probably be such as he has assigned; and it may be said that he 20 has not only shown human nature as it acts in real...cannot be exposed. This, therefore, is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the mirror of life; that he who has mazed his imag25 ination in following...
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English Essays

Walter Cochrane Bronson - Digital images - 1905 - 422 pages
...the remote and familiarizes the wojnderfuL the event which he represents will not happen, but if it were possible its effects would probably be such as he has assigned; and it may be said that he 20 has not only shown human nature as it acts in real exigencies but as it would be found in trials...
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Johnson on Shakespeare: Essays and Notes

Samuel Johnson - 1908 - 254 pages
...the remote, and familiarizes the wonderful ; the event which he represents will not happen, but if it were possible, its effects would probably be such...assigned ; and it may be said, that he has not only shewn human nature as it acts in real exigencies, but as it would be found in trials, to which it cannot...
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Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose

Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - English literature - 1910 - 778 pages
...the remote, and familiarizes the wonderful; the event which he represents will not happen, but, if it he mountains its columns be. The triumphal arch through...chained to my chair, Is the million-coloured bow ; "" 1 Shakespeare, that his drama is the mirror of life; that he who has mazed his imagination in following...
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Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books: With Introductions and Notes

William Caxton, Jean Calvin, Nicolaus Copernicus, Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, Sir Walter Raleigh, Isaac Newton, Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, William Wordsworth, Walt Whitman - Prefaces - 1910 - 458 pages
...its effects would probably be such as he has assigned; and it may be said, that he has not only shewn human nature as it acts in real exigencies, but as...cannot be exposed. This therefore is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the mirrour of life; that he who has mazed his imagination, in following...
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Readings in English Prose of the Eighteenth Century

Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 pages
...the remote, and familiarizes the wonderful; the event which he represents will not happen, but, if it were possible, its effects would probably be such...cannot be exposed. This, therefore, is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the mirror of life; that he who has mazed his imagination in following...
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