 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 mirrour of manners and of life. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised...  Annual Registerנערך על ידי - 1765הצגת קטע - מידע על ספר זה
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 798 דפים
...with more accuracy than by Dr. Johnson : — 'Shakspeare,' says he, ' 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. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places,... | |
 | George Smeeton - 1830 - 282 דפים
...drawn the character of Shakspeare, as a dramatic writer : ' Shakspeare 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. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places,... | |
 | Adolf Bernhard Marx - 1830 - 534 דפים
...wurde Ï Ilaiubur partien Reda VI DR. JOHNSON'S PREFACE. SHAKSPEARE is above all irritera, 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. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places,... | |
 | John Evans - 1831 - 322 דפים
...Johnson leaves on record this memorable testimony, that "SHAKSPEARE 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 !" But let us naw turn our attention to WAR in all its tremendous ramifications... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1832 - 364 דפים
...exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth. Shakspeare 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. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places,... | |
 | John Genest - 1832 - 616 דפים
...done, as well as said, and that inactive declamation is very coldly heard. Shakspeare is above all writers the poet of nature, the poet that holds up to his readers the faithful mirror of manners, and life — his characters are the genuine progeny of common humanity,... | |
 | Henry Halford - 1833 - 264 דפים
...him, of whom it has been justly observed by Dr. Johnson, that he 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.' Human nature, in fact, has been and is always the same ; and the descriptions... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 דפים
...exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth. Shakspeare is above all writers, at least 1 mirror of manners and of life. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places,... | |
 | John Evans - 1834 - 306 דפים
...Johnson leaves on record this memorable testimony, that "SHAKSPEARE 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 !" But let us now turn our attention to WAR in all its tremendous ramifications... | |
 | Samuel Astley Dunham - 1837 - 418 דפים
...and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth. " Shakspeare 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. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places,... | |
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