...debased by impurities, and mingled with a mass of meaner materials." In another place, he says: — "Shakespeare is, above all writers — at least, above...that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of human life. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the...

...and with the other ah, cousin ! with the other he seized a bam 1 (5) Shakespeare is above all other writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet...up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and life. (6) Of genius that which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and...

...above all writers, at least above all moderf writers, the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to D* readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life....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...

...expressed than in this section of the Preface: Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modem writers, the poet of nature; the poet that holds up...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...

...here as a way of introducing romanticism as a specific and historical (ie not 'natural') aesthetic. Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all...nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirrour of manners and of life ' Samuel Johnson [Shakespeare'sj works are so many windows, through...

...eighteenth century. The highest praise that Johnson could lavish on Shakespeare was that he was above all writers 'the poet of nature; the poet that holds up...readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life' (Preface to Shakespeare, 1759). The legacy of P.'s characterisation of the artist's activity in terms...

...they are copied. The irregular combinations of fanciful invention may delight a-while, by that novelty which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest;...nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirrour of manners and of life. (pp. 61-61) Johnson used the phrase "general nature" for the first...

...the plays: From Samuel Johnson, Preface to his edition of The Plays of William Shakespeare (1765) • Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all...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,...

...threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe. —Othello (5.2.343-48) Samuel Johnson was persuaded that "Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above...up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and life."1 His great tragedies in particular explore the devious vices that wreak havoc on humankind.2...

...der Samuel Johnson in seinem berühmten Vorwort zu seiner Shakespeare-Ausgabe von 1765 genannt hatte: Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all...up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and life. 2 Damit wird Shakespeare nicht nur als Norm für die klassisch-romantische Literatur in Deutschland...