 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...his allusions understood ; yet then did Dryden pronounce, " that Shakspere 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 to him, and " he drew them not laboriously, but luckily... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 pages
...least his equal, perhaps 7 his superior. To begin, then, with Shakspeare. 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 to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily:... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 pages
...least his equal, perhaps7 his superior. To begin, then, with Shakspeare. 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 to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily :... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...his allusions understood ; yet then did Dryden pronounce, " that 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 to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily :... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 444 pages
...drawn of Shakeipeire is not only just, but' uncommonly elegant and happy. " 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 to hftfi, and lie drew them not labouriously, but luckily.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pages
...nor his allusions understood; yet then did Dryden pronounce, that 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 to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily:... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...himself, I conceive, is shadowed." Shakspeare. To begin, then, with Shakspeare, 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 to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily :... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 548 pages
...I conceive, is shadowed." Steflcspearr. To begin, then, with Shakspeare. 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 to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily :... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 432 pages
...least his equal, perhaps his superior. * To begin then with Shakespeare. 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 to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily :... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...his allusions understood; yet then did Dryden pronounce, " that Shakspenre 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 to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily:... | |
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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 to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily : when he describes anything, you more than see... 
