 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 476 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 502 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 750 pages
...remote, and familiarizes the wonderful : the event which he repreeents will not happen, but, if it were possible, its effects would probably be such...has not only shown human nature as it acts in real exi* " Quierit quod niuquam fit gentium, repcrit tarnen, Faeit illud verifimile qood mendacium est.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 798 pages
...remote, and familiarises the wonderful ; the event which he represents will not happen, but, if it were possible, its effects would probably be such...has not only shown human nature as it acts in real exigences, but as it would be found in trials to which it cannot be exposed. This, therefore, is the... | |
 | George Smeeton - Biography - 1830 - 278 pages
...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 Shakspoare, that his drama is the mirror of life ; that ho who has mazed his imagination in following... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1832 - 364 pages
...remote, and familiarizes the wonderful : the event which he represents will not happen ; but, if it were possible, its effects would probably be such...that he has not only shown human nature as it acts in exigencies, but as it would be found in trials to which it cannot be exposed. This therefore is the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 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...may be said, that he has not only shown human nature IV Ta.S. DR. JOHNSON'S PREFACE. as it acts in real exigencies, but as it would be found in trials,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 624 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...be found in trials to which it cannot be exposed." To the same purpose HAZLITT, already quoted: " He was like the genius of humanity changing places with... | |
 | Samuel Astley Dunham - Authors, English - 1837 - 418 pages
...approximates the remote, and familiarizes the wonder; 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 nature as it acts in real exigencies, but as it would be found in trials, to which it cannot... | |
 | Charles Armitage Brown - Autobiography in literature - 1838 - 326 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...be found in trials to which it cannot be exposed." There are other parts of the Preface which seem to have been written with regret that our great poet... | |
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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... 
