...yet £HAK. I. k deformed with all the improprieties which ignorance and neglect could accumulate on him ; while the reading was yet not rectified, nor...laboriously, but luckily : when he describes any thing, yon more than see it, yon feel it too. Those, who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the...

...of them, in my opinion, at least his equal, perhaps his superior.* To hegin then with Shakspeare. He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient...nature were still present to him, and he drew them not lahoriously, hut luckily : when he descrihes any thing you more than s,*ei,, you feel it too. Those...

...Through the deep windings of the human heatt, Is not wild Shakspeare thine ami Nature's boast! THOMSON. Shakspeare was the man, who, of all modern, and perhaps...comprehensive soul. All the images of Nature were ;-till present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but jackily : when he describes any thing,...

...myriad-minded genius, on his own thousandtongued souL] [•He (Shakspeare) was the man who of all modem, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most...images of nature were still present to him, and he drew tbem not laboriously but luckily: is easy — /n/oei/i causa cuirit licet eat duerto — But to make...

...best character of Shakspeare that has ever been written.* * " To begin, then, with Shakspeare : he was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient,...them not laboriously, but luckily : when he describes anything, you more than sec it, you feel it, too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning give...

...character of Shakspeare that has ever been written.* • " To begin, then, with Shakspeare: he w« the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient, poets...them not laboriously, but luckily : when he describes anything, you more than see it, you feel it, too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning give...

...nnd hnppy. " He was the man, who, of all modern, and perhaps ancient Poets, had the largest and mont comprehensive soul. All the images of Nature were...any thing, you more than see it ; you feel it too. They who accuse him of wanting learning, give him the greatest commendation. He wns naturally learned....

...thus briefly but happily delineated by Dryden : " He was the man who, of all modern, and perhaps all ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive...drew them, not laboriously, but luckily ; when he * For a full account of Shakspere, Bacon, and Milton, see Famma Men of Modern Times. describes any...

...Macbeth," and " Hamlet," are the most admired. CHARACTERISTIC SPIRIT AND STYLE. — " He [Shakspere] was the man, who of all modern and perhaps ancient...most comprehensive soul. All the images of nature 1 Steevens. 2 " How much," says Mr. Hallam, (Edinburgh Review, 1808,) " has been written upon Shakespeare...

...of one's-self, and proclaiming it with the sound of a trumpet. " To begin, then, with Shakspeare. He was the man who, of all modern and perhaps ancient...them, not laboriously but luckily; when he describes anything, you more than see it—you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give...