 | 1878 - 656 lapas
...appear till 1702 ; nor till long thereafter did its pages disclose the secrets of state councils, and show " the very age and body of the time, his form and pressure." But the sagacious historians whom we have named, exploring the dusty archives of Simancas, Venice, and... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1892 - 384 lapas
...Shakespeare. The purpose of playing is, as that excellent authority is constantly made to repeat, to show the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. But, upon that hypothesis, why should we not see the age itself instead of being bothered by impossible... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1895 - 534 lapas
...of Bunyan ; nor is this long-sustained influence difficult to explain, for not only does the poem " show the very age and body of the time his form and pressure," but it furnishes an abstract of one side of our national history. While Chaucer by his art has left an... | |
 | Chrēstos Tsountas, James Irving Manatt - 1897 - 522 lapas
...of prtmtttve Greek ltfe and suits thus far culture. At best the mirror is not flawless enough " to show the very age and body of the time his form and pressure," but for all that the image is surprisingly full and authentic. We have before our eyes the impregnable... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - 836 lapas
...Shakspeare. The purpose of playing is, as that excellent authority is constantly brought to us, to show the very age and body of the time, his form and pressure. But, upon that hypothesis, why should we not see the age itself instead of being bothered by impossible... | |
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... substantial fact, the actual utterance of men struggling in the dire grasp of unmitigated realities. We want to see Nature itself, not to look at the distorted images presented in the magical mirror of a Shakespeare. The purpose of playing is, as... 