 This, therefore, is the praise of Shakespeare that his drama is the mirror of life; that he who has mazed his imagination in following the phantoms which other writers raise up before him, may here be cured of his delirious ecstasies, by reading human...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. - Page 134by Samuel Johnson - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Books - 1765 - 600 pages
...it cannot be expofed. ' This therefore is the praife of Shakefpeare, that his drama is the mirrour of life ; that he who has mazed his imagination, in following the phantoms which other writers raife up before him, may here be cured of his delirious extafies, by reading human fentiments in human... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 pages
...which it cannot be expofed. This therefore is the praife of Shakefpeare, that his drama is the mirrour of life; that he who has mazed his imagination, in following the phantoms which other writers raife up before him, may here be cured of his delirious extafies, by reading human fentiments in human... | |
 | Several Hands - 1765 - 624 pages
...expofed. •* This therefore is the praife of Shakefpeare, that his drama is the mirrour of life j that he who has mazed his imagination, in following the phantoms which other writers raife up before htm, may here be cured of his delirious extafies, by reading human fentimcnts in human... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 pages
...which it cannot be expofed. This therefore is the praife of Sbakefpears, that his drama is the mirrcur of life-, that he who has mazed his imagination, in following the phantoms which other writers raife up before him, may here be cured of his delirious extafies, by reading human fentiments in human... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 pages
...would be found in trials, to which it cannot be expofed. -This therefore is the praife of Shakefpeare, that his drama is the mirror of life ; that he who...imagination, in following the phantoms which other writers raife up before him, may here be cured of his delirious ecftalies, by reading human fentiments in human... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...which it cannot be expofed. This therefore is the Praife of Shakefpeare, that his Drama is the Mirrour of Life; that he who has mazed his Imagination, in following the Phantoms •which other Writers raife up before them, may here be cured of his delirious Extafics, by reading human Sentiments in human... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1778 - 746 pages
...be expofed. ' This therefore is the praife of Shakefpeare, that his ' drama is the mirror of lite; that he who has mazed ; his imagination, in following the phantoms which other writers raife up before him, may here be cured of his delirious ecftafies, by reading human fentiments in human... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 500 pages
...would be found in trials, to which it cannot be expofed. This therefore is the praiie of Sbakefpcare, that his drama is the mirror of life ; that he who...imagination, in following the phantoms which other writers raife up before him, may here be cured of his delirious eeftafies, by reading human fentiments in human... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...This therefore is the praise of Shakspere, that his drama is the mirror of life ; that he who lias mazed his imagination, in following the phantoms which...which a hermit may estimate the transactions of the worldt and a confessor predict the progress of the passions. His. adherence to general nature has exposed... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...would be found in trials, to which it cannot be expofed. This therefore is the praife of Shakefpeare, that his drama is the mirror of life; that he who...imagination, in following the phantoms which other writers raife up before him, may here Ьг cured of his delirious ecftacies, by reading human fcntiments in... | |
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