 | 1829 - 442 pages
...after a new era in English literature had begun, Dryden, in his Essay on Dramatic Poetry, praised " the man who of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul," in a style of eulogium perfect enough to fill all succeeding panegyrists with despair. Such was the... | |
 | 1829 - 434 pages
...after a new era in English literature had begun, Dryden, in his Essay on Dramatic Poetry, praised " the man who of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul," in a style of eulogium perfect enough to fill all succeeding panegyrists with despair. Such was the... | |
 | English periodicals - 1830 - 430 pages
...sister to Aaron." SHAESPEABE. Dryden, in one of his prefaces, speaking of our great dramatist, says, "He was the man who, of all modern, and perhaps, ancient...laboriously, but luckily; when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 518 pages
...paragraph : — 'To begin then with Shakspeare. He was the man who, of all modern, and perhaps all ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive...them, not laboriously, but luckily ; when he describes anything you more than see it, you flel it too. Those, who accuse him to have wanted teaming, give... | |
 | Readers - 1830 - 288 pages
...character which Dryden has drawn of Shakspcarc, is not only just, but uncommonly elegant and happy. " He was the man, who, " of all modern, and perhaps ancient...comprehensive soul. " All the images of nature were stid present to " him, and he drew them not laboriously, but " luckily. When he describes any thing,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...To begin, then, with Shakspeare. He was the man who, oí all modern, and perhaps ancient poete, liad u n" a h 峞n g N Ly t .H^^ { ө) # jk | qG A -X 'fT\ % & t;F u y/]pl ڙ)~ N SH : )uFj,%:~ hut luckily. When he describes anything, yon more than see it — you feel it too. Those who accnse... | |
 | 1847 - 770 pages
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 | John Genest - Theater - 1832 - 656 pages
...Greek and Latin, like a monarch, and what would have been theft in other poets, is only victory in him. Shakspeare was the man, who of all Modern, and perhaps...laboriously, but luckily — when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too — those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...mentioned, on his birth-day, in the year 1616, at the age of fifty-two. " Shakspeare," says Dryden, " 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 uccuse him to have wanted learning, give... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1832 - 364 pages
...Dryden pronounce, ' that Shakspeare was the man, who, of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, bad the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the images...and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily : when be describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those, who accuse him to have wanted... | |
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