 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...was the man, " who, of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, " had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All " the images of nature were still present...him to have wanted " learning, give him the greater commendation : he *' was naturally learned: he needed not the spectacles " of books to read nature... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 pages
...He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the images of nature were still present...he describes any thing, you more than see it, you "' It is curious to observe with what caution our author speaks, when he ventures to place Shakspcare... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 pages
...He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the images of nature were still present...he describes any thing, you more than see it, you 7 It is curious to observe with what caution our author speaks, when he ventures to place Shakspeare... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 591 pages
...above Jonson ; a caution which proves decisively the wretched taste of the period when he wrote. fed it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation : he was naturally learned ; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...Shakspeare was the man, who, of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the images of nature were still present...him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation; he was naturally learned ; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he looked... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pages
...Shakspeare was the man, who, of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the images of nature were still present...him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation; he was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he looked... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...soul. All the images of nature were •'' still present to him, aud he drew them not labo'•' riously, but luckily: when he describes any •" thing, you...feel it too. " Those, who accuse him to have wanted learn" 'r'S, S've h™ t^le greater commendation : he " was naturally learned : he needed not the &pec"... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...He was the man, who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the images of nature were still present...him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation : he was naturally learned ; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 548 pages
...He was the man, who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the images of nature were still present...him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation : he was naturally learned ; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 1152 pages
...man, who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comppehensive sool. Alt the images of nature were still present to him, and...him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation : he was naturally learned ; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he... | |
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All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not 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 commendation : he... 
