 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 halaman
...the models, of those before him. The poetry of Shakespeare was inspiration indeed ; he is not so much an imitator as an instrument of Nature ; and it is...him. His characters are so much Nature herself, that 'tis a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her. Those of other poets have... | |
 | Laura Johnson Wylie - 1894 - 242 halaman
...Trumbull, Dec. 10, 1715. recognition from the Augustan than the declaration that he is " not so much an Imitator as an Instrument of Nature," and "it is...speaks from her, as that she speaks through him." 1 The incipient interest in Greece and in the earlier English poets seemed at first to meet in appreciation... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 halaman
...most of us. — Lamk SHAME. SICKNESS. It is not so correct to say that he speaks from nature, rs thut she speaks through him ; his characters are so much nature herself that it seems a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as imitations of her. — Pope. His genius... | |
 | Theron Soliman Eugene Dixon - 1895 - 472 halaman
...uttered upon him, when he said : ' The poetry of Shakespeare is 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 for her, as that she speaks through him.' " This absolute fidelity to " the voice of nature," heard... | |
 | 1917 - 884 halaman
...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 Nature; and it is...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 halaman
...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 halaman
...the models, of those before him. The poetry of Shakespeare was inspiration indeed; he is not so much an imitator as an instrument of Nature; and it is...him. His characters are so much Nature herself, that 'tis a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her. Those of other poets have... | |
 | Otto Schlapp - 1901 - 484 halaman
...Einleitung zu seinem Shakespear — The poetry of Shakespear is 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 for her than that she speaks through him. Batteux — Die Künste ahmen die Natur nach par la nature... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 570 halaman
...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...he speaks from her, as that she speaks through him. ' ft\x_cAarVtfrt ="*• «1 m"Th nature herself, that it is a sort of injury to call them hy . "" Hi«fant... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 434 halaman
...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... | |
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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. 
