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" Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of Nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. "
The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of ... - Page 248
by William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson - 1803
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Mr. Johnson's Preface to His Edition of Shakespear's Plays..

Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 lehte
...fudden wonder are foon exhaufted, and the mind can only repofe on the (lability of truth. Shakefpeare is above all writers, at leaft above all modern writers,...nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirrour of manners and of life. His characters are not modified by the cuftoms of particular places,...
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The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal

Several Hands - 1765 - 624 lehte
...verbofe ; and then he is generally fenftble, inftruelive and entertaining. ' Shakefpeare, fays he, is above all writers, at leaft above all modern writers, the poet of nature ; the poet that holds up to ¿is readers a faithful mirrour of manners and of life. His characters are not modified by the cuftoms...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, 33. köide

1765 - 600 lehte
...inftruclive and entertaining. * Shakefpeare, fays he, is above all writers, at lead above all modjern writers, the poet of nature ; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirrour of manners and of life. His characters are not modified by the cuftoms of particular pbces,...
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The plays of William Shakespeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., 1. köide

William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 lehte
...fudden wonder are foon exhaufted, and the mind can only repofe on the ftability of truth. Skakefpeare is above all writers, at leaft above all modern writers,...-, the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirrour of manners and of life. His characters are not modified by the cufloms of particular places,...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, 2. köide

Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 lehte
...fudden Wonder are foon exhanfted, and the Mind can only repofe on the Stability of Truth. Shakefpeare is above all Writers, at leaft above all modern Writers,...; the Poet that holds up to his Readers a faithful Mirrour of Manners and of Life. His Characters are not modified by the Cuftoms of particular Places,...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, 2. köide

Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 lehte
...fudden Wonder arc foon exhaufted, and the Mind can only repofe on the Stability of Truth. Shakefpeare is above all Writers, at leaft above all: modern Writers,...; the Poet that holds up to his Readers a faithful Mirrour of Manners and of Life. His Characters are not modified by the Cuftoms of particular Places,...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, 2. köide

Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 412 lehte
...fndden Wonder are foon exhaufted, and the Mind can only repofe on the Stability of Truth. Shakefpeare is above all Writers, at leaft above all modern Writers, the Poet of Nature ; trie Poet that holds up to his Readers a faithful Mirrour of Manners and of Life. His Characters...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: Prefaces. The tempest. The ...

William Shakespeare - 1778 - 746 lehte
...fudden wonder are foon exhaufted, and the mind can only repofe on the {lability of truth. Shakefpeare is above all writers, at leaft above all modern writers, the poet of nature; the poet that fields up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. His characters are not modified...
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Prose on Several Occasions: Accompanied with Some Pieces in Verse, 2. köide

George Colman - 1787 - 338 lehte
...fuppofe to be ftampsd on works by the fuffrage of antiquity, the writer proceeds thus : " SHAKESPEARE is above all writers, at leaft above all modern writers,...Nature: the Poet that holds up to his readers a faithful Mirrour of Manners and of Life. His characters are not modified by the cuftoms of particular places,...
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Prose on Several Occasions: Accompanied with Some Pieces in Verse, 2. köide

George Colman - 1787 - 362 lehte
...by the fuffrageof antiquity, the writer proceeds thus : " SHAKESPEARE is above all writers, at lead above all modern writers, the Poet of Nature: the Poet that holds up to his readers a faithful Mirrour of Manners and of Life. His characters are not modified by the cuftoms of particular places,...
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