 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 502 σελίδες
...it were possible, its effects would, probably, be such as he has assigned"; and it may be said, that he has not only shown human nature as it acts in real exigencies, but as it would be found in trials, to which it cannot be exposed. This, therefore, is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 σελίδες
...it were possible, its effects would, probably, be such as he has assigned"; and it may be said, that he has not only shown human nature as it acts in real exigencies, but as it would be found in trials, to which it cannot be exposed. This, therefore, is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 σελίδες
...it were possible, its effects would, probably, be such as he has assigned"; and it may be said, that he has not only shown human nature as it acts in real exigencies, but as it would be found in trials, to which it cannot be exposed. This, therefore, is the praise of Shakespeare, that his u drama is the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 σελίδες
...it were possible, its effects would probably be such as he has assigned * ; and it may be said, that he has not only shown human nature as it acts in real exi* " Quierit quod niuquam fit gentium, repcrit tarnen, Faeit illud verifimile qood mendacium est.... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 370 σελίδες
...Johnson, the leviathan of English literature. In his celebrated preface to Shakspeare he says, that ' he has not only shown human nature, as it acts in real exigences, but as it would be found in situations to which it cannot be exposed.' These are his own... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 σελίδες
...it were possible, its effects would probably be such as he has assigned ;* and it may be said, that he has not only shown human nature as it acts, in...real exigencies, but as it would be found in trials, to which it cannot be exposed. This therefore is the praise of Shakspeare, that his drama is the mirror... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 798 σελίδες
...if it were possible, its effects would probably be such as he has assigned ; and it may be said that he has not only shown human nature as it acts in real exigences, but as it would be found in trials to which it cannot be exposed. This, therefore, is the... | |
 | George Smeeton - 1830 - 278 σελίδες
...it were possible, its effects would probably be such as he has assigned ; and it may be said, that he has not only shown human nature as it acts in real exigencies, but as it would be found in trials to which it cannot be exposed. ' This, therefore, is the praise of Shakspoare, that his drama is the... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1832 - 344 σελίδες
...Johnson, the leviathan of English literature. In his celebrated preface to Shakspeare he says, that ' he has not only shown human nature as it acts in real exigences, but as it would be found in situations to which it cannot be exposed.' These are his own... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1832 - 354 σελίδες
...Johnson, the leviathan of English literature. In his celebrated preface to Shakspeare he says, that ' he has not only shown human nature as it acts in real exigences, but as it would be found in situations to which it cannot be exposed.' These are his own... | |
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Shakespeare approximates the remote and familiarizes the wonderful; the event which he represents will not happen, but, if it were possible, its effects would probably be such as he has assigned; and it may be said that he has not only shown human nature... 
