 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 470 strani
...he drew them noI laboriously, bnt luckily : when he deseribes any thine, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those, who accuse him to have wanted...naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of hooks to read nature ; he looked mwards, and found her there. I cannot say be is every where alike;... | |
 | 710 strani
...and his cap on him ; but he is even then sometimes not far from right. " Shakspeare (as Dryden says) was naturally learned : he needed not the spectacles...read nature: he looked inwards, and found her there." Warburton and Johnson are almost the only commentators of the poet who venture upon criticism. The... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1815 - 582 strani
...learned. He needed not the spectacles of books to read nature. He looked inward, and found her there. 1 cannot say he is every where alike. Were he so, I should Jo him injury, to compare him to the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat and insiped ; his comic... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 514 strani
...luckily : when he describes any thing, you " more than see it, you feel it too. Those, who ac" cuse him to have wanted learning, give him the " greater...inwards, and found her there. " I cannot say he is every \vhere alike ; were he " so I, should do him injury to compare him with " the greatest of mankind.... | |
 | 1845 - 816 strani
...he drew them, not laboriously but luckily; when he describes any thing, you more than see it — you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning,...read nature, he looked inwards and found her there. I caunot say he is every where alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 strani
...he drew them not laborious'ly, but luckily: when he describes any thing, you ' more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse ' him to have wanted...is ' every where alike ; were he so I should do him inju' ry to compare him with the greatest of mankind. ' He is many times flat and insipid ; his comick... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 strani
...he drew them not laboriously, but luckily : when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning,...read nature; he looked inwards and found her there. leannot say, he is every where alike; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 strani
...and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily: when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation: he was na» turally learned: he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he looked inwards and found... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 strani
...needed not the speetaeles of books to read nature i he looked inwards, and found her there. I eannot say, he is every where alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to eompare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipidi his eomie wit deIfeneratinp... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 450 strani
..." drew them not laboriously, but luckily : when he " describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel *' it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted...where " alike; were he so, I should do him injury to com" pare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many " times flat and insipid ; his comic wit degenerating... | |
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All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew 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 him the greater commendation: he was... 
