 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...This therefore is the praise of Shakspere, that his drama is the mirror of life ; that he who lias mazed his imagination, in following the phantoms which...up before him, may here be cured of his delirious ecstasies, by reading human sentiments in human language, by scenes from which a hermit may estimate... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...barbarous romances invigorated the reader by a giant and a dwarf; and he that should form his expectation of human affairs from the play, or from the tale,...up before him, may here be cured of his delirious ecstasies, by reading human sentiments in human language ; by scenes from which a hermit may estimate... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pages
...therefore, is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the mirror of life ; that he who has mazed bis imagination, in following the phantoms which other...up before him, may here be cured of his delirious, ecstasies, by reading human sentiments in human language, by scenes from which a hermit may es.timatethe... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pages
...effects would probably be .such as he has assigned ; and it may be said, that he has not only shewn human nature as it acts in real exigencies, but as...up before him, may here be cured of his delirious ecstasies, by reading human sentiments in human language ; by scenes from which a hermit may estimate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...would be found in trials, to which it cannot be exposed. This therefore is the praise of Shaksficare, that his drama is the mirror of life ; that he who...up before him, may here be cured of his delirious ecstasies, by reading human sentiments in human language, by scenes from which a hermit may estimate... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...which it cannot be exposed. This therefore is the praise of Shakspeare, that his drama is the miiTor of life; that he who has mazed his imagination, in...up before him, may here be cured of his delirious eestasies, by reading human sentiments in human language; by scenes from which a hermit may estimate... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...which it cannot be exposed. This therefore is the praise of Shakspeare, that his drama is the miiTor of life; that he who has mazed his imagination, in...up before him, may here be cured of his delirious eestasies, by reading human sentiments in human language ; by scenes from which a hermit may estimate... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 pages
...found in trials, to which it cannot be exposed. This, therefore, is the praise of Shakspeare, that liis drama is the mirror of life ; that he who has mazed...up before him, may here be cured of his delirious ecstasies, by reading human sentiments in human language ; by scenes from which a hermit may estimate... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 510 pages
...remote, and familiarizes the wonderful ; the event which he represents will not happen, but if iit were possible, its effects would probably be such...up before him, may here be cured of his delirious eestasies, by reading human sentiments in human language ; by scenes from which a hermit may estimate... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 436 pages
...effects would probably be such as he has assigned ; and it may be said, that he has not only shewn human nature as it acts in real exigencies, but as...up before him, may here be cured of his delirious ecstasies, by reading human sentiments in human language ; by scenes from which a hermit may estimate... | |
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This therefore is the praise of Shakspeare, 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... 
