 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...peculiarities of excellence Shakespeare has gained, and kept the favour of his countrymen. Nothiug can please many, and please long, but just representations...not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...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,...not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature ; the poet that holds j/ up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and...not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the ' Ksi vetus atf,uc probus, centum c[ui perfick annos.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pages
...repose on the stability of truth. Shakspeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writer», the poet of nature ; the poet that holds up to his...readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. His character*""! are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...light. Upon them by mistake or oversight. BUTLER. THE GENIUS AND LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers,...not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 996 pages
...composition pre-eminent for taste, elegance, and philosophy. " Shakspeare," says our great moralist, " thine ; add of life. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the... | |
 | Shakespeare club Sheffield - 1829 - 190 pages
...eloquent and argumentative preface to the plays of Shakespeare, makes the following observations. " Shakespeare is, above all writers, at least above...not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world, by the peculiarities of studies or professions which can operate... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 798 pages
...often drawn, but perhaps never with more accuracy than by Dr. Johnson : — 'Shakspeare,' says he, ' is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers,...not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate... | |
 | George Smeeton - 1830 - 278 pages
...Dr Johnson has thus accurately drawn the character of Shakspeare, as a dramatic writer: ' Shakspeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers,...not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, -which can operate... | |
 | Adolf Bernhard Marx - 1830 - 534 pages
...UM (Ffi 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...not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate... | |
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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. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised... 
