 | 1917 - 884 pagina’s
...whole, but also tell us what they see, that is to say by great poets. Pope said of Shakespeare that "he is not so much an imitator as an instrument of...speaks from her, as that she speaks through him." The same is true in a lesser degree of almost all our great poets; it is indeed a peculiar feature... | |
 | 1897 - 828 pagina’s
...was inspiration indeed ; he is not so much an imilalor, as an inslrument, of Nature ; and' Us ihrough not so just to say that he speaks from her, as that she speaks tro'him. » Celte théorie de l'absolue originalité de Shakespeare, de son intuition, a été répétée... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 458 pagina’s
...tincture of the learning, or some cast of the models, of those before him. The poetry of Shakespeare 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 'tis a sort of injury to call them by so distant a... | |
 | Otto Schlapp - 1901 - 484 pagina’s
...besonders bemerkenswert: Pope, in der Einleitung zu seinem Shakespear — The poetry of Shakespear is Inspiration indeed. He is not so much an imitator...nature and it is not so just to say that he speaks for her than that she speaks through him. Batteux — Die Künste ahmen die Natur nach par la nature... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 510 pagina’s
...tincture of the learning, or some cast of the models, of those before him. The poetry of Shakespear 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 516 pagina’s
...tincture of the learning, or some cast of the models, of those before him. 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. ' His characters are so... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 434 pagina’s
...spear was Inspiration indeed : he is not so much an Imitator, as an Instrument, of Nature ; and 'tis not so just to say that he speaks from her, as that she speaks thro' him. His Characters are so much Nature her self, that 'tis a sort of injury to call them by so... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 450 pagina’s
...letters. So Pope and Johnson had stated in unequivocal language, which should not have been forgotten. " He is not so much an imitator as an instrument of Nature," said Pope, " and 'tis not so just to say that he speaks from her as that she speaks through him" ;... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 434 pagina’s
...letters. So Pope and Johnson had stated in unequivocal language, which should not have been forgotten. " He is not so much an imitator as an instrument of Nature," said Pope, " and 'tis not so just to say that he speaks from her as that she speaks through him " ;... | |
 | Cecil Eldred Hughes - 1904 - 382 pagina’s
...tincture of the learning, or some cast of the models, of those before him. The poetry of Shakespeare 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 'tis a sort of injury to call them by so distant a... | |
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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. 
