 | Sidney Beisly - 1864 - 200 oldal
...of the works of Shakspere, published in 1778, says : — ' Shakspere is above all writers, at least all modern writers, the poet of nature, the poet that...readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. Other poets display cabinets of precious rarities, minutely finished, wrought into shape, and polished... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 oldal
...perpetual delight. m****,. 8FIAKSPEARE. Shakspeare is, above all writers, — at least above all i/iodeni writers, — the poet of nature; the poet that holds...by the customs of particular places, unpractised by Jie res', of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or profes sions, which can operate but upon... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1865 - 80 oldal
...them in the act of striking at the enemy fell down from mere weakness. — Macaulay. 7. Shakespeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature. — Jonson. 8. (They) plucked his gown to share the good man's smile/ — Goldsmith. 9. His numerous... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 oldal
...by Prescott, p. 870. m. 121. SRAKSPEARE. OHAKSPEAKE is, above all writers, — at least above all rO modern writers, — the poet of nature ; the poet...not modified by the customs of particular places, un practiced by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1866 - 82 oldal
...of them in the act of striking at the enemy fell down from mere weakness.—Macaulay. 7. Shakespeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature.—Johnson. 8. (They) plucked his gown to share the good man's smile.— Goldsmith. 9. His numerous... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 530 oldal
...sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth. " Shakspeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers,...to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of Ufa His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 oldal
...the greatest of these is CHARITY EXERCISE XXVIIT. SKETCH OF SHAKSPEARE. SAMUEL J03HSOW* 1 Shakspeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers,...of nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faith I'ul mirror of manners and of life. His characters arc r.ot modified by the customs of particular... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 oldal
...devolved from one generation to another, have received new honours at every transmission. Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers,...mirror of manners and of life. His characters are net modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 oldal
...length, by displaying what he holds to be the great peculiarity of his excellence : — " Shakspeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers,...his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life This, therefore, is the praise of Shakspeare — that his drama is the mirror of life." Such is the... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1868 - 394 oldal
...building. III. —CHARACTER. DR. JOHNSON, the great moralist, says of the great dramatist, " Shakspeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the Poet of Nature. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places. His persons act and speak by the... | |
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Shakespeare is, above all 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. 
