 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 532 pages
...sudden wonder arc 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, * "l'.-1 vein-... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 492 pages
...is proper to inquire, by what peculiarities of excellence Shakespeare has gained and kept the favour of his countrymen. Nothing can please many, and please...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... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...fanciful invention may delight awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all is quest ; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon...not modified by the customs of particular places, unpnctiied by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 514 pages
...life sends us all in quest ; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind cato only repose on the stability of truth. Shakespeare...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 Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 pages
...reserve. They bear the stamp of truth, and carry conviction to the heart. " Shakspeare," he says, " is above all writers, at least above all modern writers,...that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of mauners and of life. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 350 pages
...is proper to inquire, by what peculiarities of excellence Shakespeare has gained and kept the favour of his countrymen. Nothing can please many, and please...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 - 1818 - 420 pages
...above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature; the poet that holds unto his 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 450 pages
...Shakespeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature ; the j>oet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of...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... | |
 | 1821 - 436 pages
...merely to flatter his bitter enemies his two immediate successors Henry VII. and VIII. GC II. SHAKSPEARE is, above all writers, (at least above all modern...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 Morell - 1821 - 542 pages
...subscribing to his opinions. " Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern write™, the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. JHis characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the... | |
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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... 
