 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 364 pages
...and diligence. The account of Shakefpeare may ftand as a perpetual model of encomiaftick criticifrn ; exact without minutenefs, and lofty without exaggeration....lavifhed by Longinus, on the atteftation of the heroes of Maranthon, by Demofthenes, fades away before it. In a few lines is exhibited a charafter, fo extenfive... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 376 pages
...diligence. The account of Shakefpeare may ftand as a perpetual model of cncomiuftick criticifm; exaft without minutenefs, and lofty without exaggeration....lavifhed by Longinus, on the atteftation of the heroes of Maranthon, by Demofthenes, fades away before it. In a few lines is exhibited a charafter, fo extenfive... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 498 pages
...exaggeration. The praifc lavifhed by J.onginus, on the atteftation of the heroes of Marathon, by Demoftlienes, fades away before it. In a few lines is exhibited a character, fo extenlive in its comprehenfion, and fo curious in its limitations, that nothing can be added, diminimed,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 344 pages
...diligence. The account of Shakfpeare may ftand as a perpetual model of encomiaftick criticifm ; exaft without minutenefs, and lofty without exaggeration....fades away before it. In a few lines is exhibited a charafter, fo extenfive in its comprehenfion, and fo curious in its limitations, that nothing can be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1797 - 278 pages
...Shakefpeare may ftand as a perpetual model of encomiaftick criticifm, exa6t .without minutenefs,'and lofty without exaggeration. — The praife lavifhed...Demofthenes, fades away before it. In a few lines it exhibited a character fo extenfive in its comprehenfion, and fo curious in its li,mitations, that... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 608 pages
...exaggeration. The praise lavished by Longinus on the attestation of the heroes of Marathon by Demosthenes, fades away before it. In* a few lines is exhibited a character, so extensive in its comprehension, and so curious in its limitations, that nothing can be added, diminished,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pages
...exaggeration. The praise lavished by Longinus on the attestation of the heroes of Marathon by Demosthenes, fades away before it. In a few lines is exhibited a character, so extensive in its comprehension, and so curious in its limitations, that nothing can be added, diminished,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pages
...exaggeration. The praise lavished by Longinus on the attestation of the heroes of Marathon by Demosthenes, fades away before it. • In a few lines is exhibited a character, so extensive in its comprehension, and so curious in its limitations, that nothing can be added, diminished,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...great fpirit and diligence. The account of Shakipeare may ftahd as a perpetual model of encomiaftick criticifm; exact without minutenefs* and lofty without exaggeration. The praife lavifhed by Long'nus, on the atteftation of the heroes of Marathon, by Demofthenes, fades away before it. In a... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...exaggeration. The praise lavished by Longinus, on the attestation of the heroes of Marathon, by Demosthenes, fades away before it. In a few lines is exhibited a character, so extensive in its comprehension, and so curious in its limitations, that nothing can be added, diminished,... | |
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Shakespeare may stand as a perpetual model of encomiastic criticism; exact without minuteness, and lofty without exaggeration. The praise lavished by Longinus on the attestation of the heroes of Marathon by Demosthenes fades away before it. In a few lines... 
