Characters of Shakespeare's PlaysWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 229 pages |
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Page xi
... poetry of Shakspeare was inspiration indeed : he is not so much an imitator , as an instrument of nature ; and it is ... poets have a constant resemblance , which shows that they have received them from one another , and were but ...
... poetry of Shakspeare was inspiration indeed : he is not so much an imitator , as an instrument of nature ; and it is ... poets have a constant resemblance , which shows that they have received them from one another , and were but ...
Page xiv
... poets , who , in the lan- guage of Lessing , are thorough masters of the legal style of love . He paints in a most ... poetry exceeds the bounds of true dialogue , where a too soaring imagination , a too luxuriant wit , rendered the ...
... poets , who , in the lan- guage of Lessing , are thorough masters of the legal style of love . He paints in a most ... poetry exceeds the bounds of true dialogue , where a too soaring imagination , a too luxuriant wit , rendered the ...
Page xvi
... poet . Fortunately for his art , Shakspeare lived in an age extremely suscepti- ble of noble and tender impressions , but ... poetry . He plays with love like a child ; and his songs are breathed out like melting sighs . He unites in his ...
... poet . Fortunately for his art , Shakspeare lived in an age extremely suscepti- ble of noble and tender impressions , but ... poetry . He plays with love like a child ; and his songs are breathed out like melting sighs . He unites in his ...
Page xvii
... poet nor a judge of poetry . He might in one sense be a judge of poetry as it falls within the limits and rules of prose , but not as it is poetry . Least of all was he qualified to be a judge of Shakspeare , who " alone is high ...
... poet nor a judge of poetry . He might in one sense be a judge of poetry as it falls within the limits and rules of prose , but not as it is poetry . Least of all was he qualified to be a judge of Shakspeare , who " alone is high ...
Page xviii
William Hazlitt. ought not to be a bad poet . Such poetry as a man deliber- ately writes , such , and such only will he like . Dr. John- son's Preface to his edition of Shakspeare looks like a labo- rious attempt to bury the ...
William Hazlitt. ought not to be a bad poet . Such poetry as a man deliber- ately writes , such , and such only will he like . Dr. John- son's Preface to his edition of Shakspeare looks like a labo- rious attempt to bury the ...
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays: & Lectures on the English Poets William Hazlitt No preview available - 2015 |
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