 | William Shakespeare - 1882 - 996 trang
...the phantoms which other writers raise up before him, may here be cured of his delirious ecstacies, by reading human sentiments in human language ; by...to general nature has exposed him to the censure of critics, who form their judgment . upon narrower principles. Dennis and Rymer think Ins Romans not... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 trang
...generally followed, on the theory that the poet thus gave it a sort of formal recognition. of Shakespeare, that his drama is the mirror of life ; that he who...a confessor predict the progress of the passions. 4. Shakespeare's plays are not, in the rigorous and critical sense, either tragedies or comedies, but... | |
 | William Swinton - 1887 - 686 trang
...phantoms which other writers Braise up before him may here be cured of his delirious e'cstasiesx'by reading human sentiments in human language, by scenes...a confessor predict the progress of the passions. 4. Shakespeare's plays are not, in the rigorous and critical sense, either tragedies or comedies, but... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1890 - 620 trang
...imagination, or very profound in its philosophical views. "This," he writes, " is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the mirror of life ; that he who...a confessor predict the progress of the passions." He defends Shakespeare from the censure incurred by his mingling comic with tragic scenes — here... | |
 | Edward Dowden - 1893 - 160 trang
...imagination, or very profound in its philosophical views. "This", he writes, "is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the mirror of life; that he who...a confessor predict the progress of the passions." He defends Shakespeare from the censure incurred by his mingling comic with tragic scenes — here... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 trang
...who has mazed his imagination in following the phantoms which other writers raise up before him 25 may here be cured of his delirious ecstasies by reading...a confessor predict the progress of the passions. 30 Shakespeare's plays are not, in the rigorous and critical sense, either tragedies or comedies, but... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 trang
...which other writers raise up before him 25 may here be cured of his delirious ecstasies by readinghuman sentiments in human language, by scenes from which...a confessor predict the progress of the passions, 30 Shakespeare's plays are not, in the rigorous and critical sense, either tragedies or comedies, but... | |
 | James Henry Cotter - 1902 - 218 trang
...tells us, in his " Preface to Shakspeare," how our minds are enriched " by reading human sentiment in human language, by scenes from which a hermit may...a confessor predict the progress of the passions." Modest of manner, pure of mind, noble of j nature, with culture refining each and all the characteristics... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 434 trang
...would be found in trials to which it cannot be exposed. This therefore is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the mirror of life ; that he who...their judgments upon narrower principles. Dennis and Rhymer think his Romans not sufficiently Roman ; and Voltaire censures his kings as not completely... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 450 trang
...before him, may here be cured of his delirious ecstasies, by reading human sentiments in human^janguage; by scenes from which a hermit may estimate the transactions...their judgments upon narrower principles. Dennis and Rhymer think his Romans not sufficiently Roman ; and Voltaire censures his kings as not completely... | |
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This, therefore, is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the mirror of life; that he who has mazed his imagination in following the phantoms which other writers raise up before him may here be cured of his delirious ecstasies by reading human... 
