...persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and prin-ciples by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In the writings of other dramatists, a character is too often an individual; in those of Shakspeare, it is commonly a species....

...assertion can be more egregiously wrong than one which Johnson makes in his preface to Shakspeare; that, " in the writings of other poets, a character is too...in those of Shakspeare, it is commonly a species." The reverse of this is the fact; other poets are able, in their, conceptions, to catch and embody only...

...agitated, and the whole system of life ia continued in motion. In the writings of other dramatists, a character is too often an individual; in those of Shakspeare, it is commonly a species. Such are the characteristics which distingnish Shakspeare from all other poets, and which justly entitle...

...persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In. the writings of I other poets, a character is too often an individual; in those * of Shakespeare it is commonly a species....

...persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued...character is too often an individual; in those of Shaskspeare, it is commonly a species. It is from this wide extension of design that so much instruction...

...persons act and speak by the influence of those ¡relierai passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued...commonly a species. It is from this wide extension ofdesigii so much instruction is derived. It is this which fills the plays of Shakspeare with practical...

...Johnson has remarked, that Shakspeare's characters " are tho genuine progeny of common humanity; that in the writings of other poets a character is too...in those of Shakspeare it is commonly a species." The truth of this opinion must strike every reader of the immortal Bard ; yet I can almost fancy, in...

...persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued...the writings of other poets a character is too often au individual ; in those of Shakspeare it is commonly a species. It is from this wide extension of...

...persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued...in those of Shakspeare, it is commonly a species." He displays an ahuost unlimited comprehensiveness of mind, fertility of imagination, and range of observation....

...persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued...character is too often an individual^ in those of Shakspere it is commonly a species." To embody the descriptions of such a writer, so as to ensure equal...