 | sir Thomas Hanmer (4th bart.) - 1838 - 552 pages
...that of a poet. The former endeavours to give us an author as he is; the latter, by the correctness and excellency of his own genius, is often tempted...to give us an author as he thinks he ought to be*." That Hanmer's edition of Shakspeare must have been ready for the to note the obscurities and absurdities... | |
 | 1885 - 626 pages
...that of a Poet. The former endeavours to give us an Author as he is : the Latter, by the Correctness and Excellency of his own Genius, is often tempted to give us an Author as he thinks he ought to be. If Hanmer really did write this, it explains why Pope introduced him in the Fourth Book of the Dunciad,... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 450 pages
...The former [Theobald] endeavours to give us an author as he is: the latter [Pope], by the correctness and excellency of his own genius, is often tempted...to give us an author as he thinks he ought to be." Theobald, it is said, is " generally thought to have understood our author best" (P-4)Henry V., in.... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 434 pages
...former [Theobald] endeavours to give us an author as he is : the latter [Pope], by the correctness and excellency of his own genius, is often tempted...to give us an author as he thinks he ought to be." Theobald, it is said, is " generally thought to have understood our author best " (P- 4)Henry V., iii.... | |
 | Joseph M. Levine - 1991 - 452 pages
...that of a poet. "The former endeavors to give us an Author as he is; the latter, by the Correctness and Excellency of his own Genius, is often tempted to give us an Author as he thinks he ought to be."47 The object of philology was fundamentally different from that of criticism or fresh creation.... | |
 | Robert J. Griffin - 1995 - 208 pages
...that of a Poet. The former endeavours to give us an Author as he is; the latter, by the Correctness and Excellency of his own Genius, is often tempted to give us an Author as he thinks he ought to be.44 A more recent statement of the same distinction comes from one of Abrams' teachers at Harvard,... | |
 | Marcus Walsh - 2004 - 244 pages
...that of a Poet. The former endeavours to give us an Author as he is; the latter, by the Correctness and Excellency of his own Genius, is often tempted to give us an Author as he thinks he ought to be.'64 The significant change, however, had already been effected, in the work of the man who was without... | |
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But the Province of an Editor and a Commentator is quite foreign to that of a Poet. The former endeavours to give us an Author as he is ; the latter, by the Correclnefs and Excellency of his own Genius, is often tempted to give us an Author as he thinks... 