 | William Shakespeare - 1865 - 624 pagina’s
...penetrative judgments that has been uttered upon him when he said, •' The poetry of Shakespeare is inspiration indeed. He is not so much an imitator,...Nature ; and it is not so just to say that he speaks for her as that she speaks through him." Hut he, like all his contemporaries and immediate successors,... | |
 | 1903 - 524 pagina’s
...ohne leise Warnung vor einem so singulären, wunderbarlichen Vorbild, hinzu: The poelry of Shakespeare was inspiration indeed; he is not so much an imitator, as an instrument, of nature. Dies bringt uns zum springenden Funkt. Shakespeare galt jener Zeit als inimitable. Man müsse ihn anstaunen,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pagina’s
...tincture of the learning, or some cast of the models, of those before hra. The poetry of Shakspeare was inspiration indeed : he is not so much an imitator, as an instrument, of Nature ; an \ it is not so just to say that he speaks from her, as that she speaks through him. Ki» characters... | |
 | 1903 - 524 pagina’s
...ohne leise Warnung vor einem so singularen, wunderbarlichen Vorbild, hinzu: The poetry of Shakespeare was inspiration indeed; he is not so much an imitator, as an instrument, of nature. Dies bringt uns zum spriugenden Punkt. Shakespeare gait jener Zeit als inimitable. Man miisse ihn anstaunen,... | |
 | Ebenezer Forsyth - 1867 - 148 pagina’s
...similar but stronger expression. " The poetry of Shakspere," he says in his preface to the Works, " was inspiration indeed ; he is not so much an imitator...speaks from her, as that she speaks through him." Thomson, also, in his " Seasons," incidentally mentions the great artist as " Wild Shakspeare." In... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 pagina’s
...tincture of the learning, or some cast of the models, of those before him. The poetry of Shakspeare was inspiration indeed : he is not so much an imitator...he speaks from her as that she speaks through him. " His characters are so much Nature herself, that it is a sort of injury to call them by so distant... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 pagina’s
...tincture of the learning, or some cast of the models, of those before him. The poetry of Shakspeare was inspiration indeed : he is not so much an imitator as an instrument of Kature ; and it is not soi just to say that he speaks from her as that she speaks through him. " His... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 pagina’s
...Shakspeare was inspiration indeed : he is no: .so much an imitator, as an instrument, of Nature ; an I it is not so just to say that he speaks from her, as that she speaks through him. Hi» characters are so much Nature1 herself, that it is a son of injury to call them by so distant... | |
 | 1874 - 524 pagina’s
...rightly interpret our author, we are indeed face to face with nature herself. Pope very truly says, " He is not so much an imitator as an instrument of...nature ; and it is not so just to say that he speaks for her, as that she speaks through him." " Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear... | |
 | 1874 - 668 pagina’s
...rightly interpret our author, we are indeed face to face with nature herself. Pope very truly says, " He is not so much an imitator as an instrument of...nature ; and it is not so just to say that he speaks for her, as that she speaks through him." , " Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to... | |
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The poetry of Shakespear was inspiration indeed : he is not so much an imitator, as an instrument, of Nature ; and it is not so just to say that he speaks from her, as that she speaks through him. 
