 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 500 halaman
...poetry of Shakspeare was inspiration \ indeed : he is not so much an Imitator, as an instru- | ment of Nature ; and it is not so just to say that he speaks...she speaks through him. ^ His Characters are so much Nature2 herself, that it is a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her. Those... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 406 halaman
...the models of those before him. The poetry of Shakspeare was inspiration indeed : he is not so much an imitator as an instrument of nature ; and it is...His characters are so much nature herself, that it i.. a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her. Those of other poets have... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1832 - 426 halaman
...the models, of those before him. The poetry of Shakspeare was inspiration indeed : he is not so much an imitator as an instrument of Nature ; and it is not so jnst to say that he speaks from her, as that she speaks through him. POPE. CONTENTS SECOND VOLUME.... | |
 | Thomas Phillips - 1833 - 522 halaman
...written of Shakspeare. " The poetry of Shakspeare," he says, " was inspiration indeed : he is not so much an imitator, as an instrument of nature ; and it is...he speaks from her, as that she speaks through him. He hits that particular point, on which the bent of each argument turns, or the force of each motion... | |
 | 1837 - 336 halaman
...the models, of those before him. The poetry of Shakspeare was inspiration indeed : he is not so much an imitator as an instrument of nature, and it is...speaks from her, as that she speaks through him." This is the praise of a poet who could appreciate the beauties of a far greater, and has recorded his... | |
 | 1837 - 348 halaman
...the models, of those before him. The poetry of Shakspeare was inspiration indeed : he is not so much an imitator as an instrument of nature, and it is...speaks from her, as that she speaks through him." This is the praise of a poet who could appreciate the beauties of a far greater, and has recorded his... | |
 | Samuel Astley Dunham - 1837 - 418 halaman
...the models, of those before him. The poetry of Shakspeare was inspiration indeed : he is not so much an imitator, as an instrument, of nature ; and it...speaks from her, as that she speaks through him." Of his characters, and his power over the passions, — circumstances which involve so profound a knowledge... | |
 | H. M. Melford - 1841 - 466 halaman
...Sbakspeare 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 through him. (Pope's Pref.) Yet was not Conrad thus by Nature sent To lead the guilty — guilt's worst instrument... | |
 | 1841 - 780 halaman
...767. Pope says, very tersely, " He is not so mucîi an imitator as an instrument of nature ; and 'tis not so just to say that he speaks from her, as that she speaks through him." lie could transport himself into the world of the heart, or the world of history, with almost equal... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 halaman
...Sheridan, of some one. 4 Gray (Long Story). 5 Swift. s Lord Peterborough. 7 Pope. he is not so much an imitator, as an instrument, of nature; and it is...he speaks from her, as that she speaks through him. The power over our passions was never possessed in a more eminent degree, or displayed in so different... | |
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Shakespeare 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. 
