 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...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Page 83de Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Several Hands - 1765 - 624 pages
...expofed. •* This therefore is the praife of Shakefpeare, that his drama is the mirrour of life j that he who has mazed his imagination, in following the phantoms which other writers raife up before htm, may here be cured of his delirious extafies, by reading human fentimcnts in human... | |
 | 1765 - 600 pages
...affigned ; and it may be faid, that he has not only (hewn human nature as it acts in real exigences, but as it would be found in trials, to which it cannot be expofed. ' This therefore is the praife of Shakefpeare, that his drama is the mirrour of life ; that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 pages
...affigned ; and it may be faid, that he has not only fhewn human nature as it acts in real exigences, but as it would be found in trials, to which it cannot be expofed. This therefore is the praife of Shakefpeare, that his drama is the mirrour of life; that he... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 pages
...affigned -, and it may be faicl, that he has not only Ihevvn human nature as it a<5ts in real exigencies, but as it would be found in trials, to which it cannot be expofed. This therefore is the praife of Sbakefpears, that his drama is the mirrcur of life-, that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 pages
...afligned; and it may be faid, that he has not only Ihewn human nature as it afts in real exigences, but as it would be found in trials, to which it cannot be expofed. -This therefore is the praife of Shakefpeare, that his drama is the mirror of life ; that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...which it cannot be expofed. This therefore is the Praife of Shakefpeare, that his Drama is the Mirrour of Life; that he who has mazed his Imagination, in following the Phantoms •which other Writers raife up before them, may here be cured of his delirious Extafics, by reading human Sentiments in human... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1778 - 746 pages
...gffigned; and it maybe : laid, that he has not only fhewn human nature as it adts in real exigences, but as it would be found in trials, to which it cannot be expofed. ' This therefore is the praife of Shakefpeare, that his ' drama is the mirror of lite; that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 pages
...affigned ; and it may be faid, that he has not only fhewn human nature 4s it acts in real exigences, but as it would be found in trials, to which it cannot be expofed. This therefore is the praiie of Sbakefpcare, that his drama is the mirror of life ; that he... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...; and it may be said, that he has not only shewn human nature as it acts in real exigencies, but as as it would be found in trials, to which it cannot be exposed. This therefore is the praise of Shakspere, that his drama is the mirror of life ; that he who lias mazed his imagination, in following... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 1058 pages
...aiTigned ; and it may be faiJ, thai he has not only (hewn human nature as it acts in real exigencies, but as it would be found in trials, to which it cannot be expofed. This therefore is the praife of Shakefpeare, that his drama is the mirror of life; that he... | |
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