 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 pages
...their pettv Stage the entire drama of the Christian Faith. We allow ourselves to think of Shakespeare or of Raphael or of Phidias as having accomplished...of their own individual genius ; but greatness like Dryden, in one of his occasional pieces, represents the Poet's ghost as saying, " Untaught, unpractis'd,... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1856 - 488 pages
...completeness by the creations of a poet who, it now begins to be supposed, stands alone among mankind. We allow ourselves to think of Shakspeare or of Raphael...more than the highest degree of an excellence which prevails widely round it, and forms the environment in which it grows. No single mind in single contact... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1858 - 506 pages
...completeness by the creations of a poet who, it now begins to be ^ / supposed, stands alone among mankind. We allow ourselves to think of Shakspeare or of Raphael...more than the highest degree of an excellence which prevails widely round it, and forms the environment in which it grows. No single mind in single contact... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1862 - 516 pages
...completeness by the creations of a poet who, it now begins to be supposed, stands alone among mankind. We allow ourselves to think of Shakspeare or of Raphael...like theirs is never more than the highest degree of Rise of the English Drama. 71 an excellence which prevails widely round it, and CH. forms the environment... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1862 - 514 pages
...to be supposed, stands alone among mankind. We allow ourselves to think of Shakspeare or of Eaphael or of Phidias, as having accomplished their work by...more than the highest degree of an excellence which prevails widely round it, and CH. i. forms the environment in which it grows. No single mind in single... | |
 | B. F. Cocker - 1870 - 546 pages
...164, 165. they are at once both the product and the impersonation of their country and their age. " We allow ourselves to think of Shakspeare, or of Raphael,...having accomplished their work by the power of their individual genius, but greatness like theirs is never more than the highest degree of perfection which... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1871 - 476 pages
...their work by the power of their own individual genius; but greatness .1- TO. 1 . 1 1. • tasu-forthe like theirs is never more than the highest degree of an excellence which prevails widely round it, and forms the environment in which it grows. No single mind in single contact... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1872 - 488 pages
...their petty stage the entire drama of the Christian Faith. We allow ourselves to think of Shakespeare or of Raphael or of Phidias as having accomplished...of their own individual genius; but greatness like Dryden, in one of his occasional pieces, represents the Poet's ghost as saying, " Untaught, unpractis'd,... | |
 | Robert Flint - 1877 - 450 pages
...noble style of literary workmanship. " We allow ourselves," says Mr Froude, " to think of Shakespeare, or of Raphael, or of Phidias as having accomplished their work by the power of their individual genius ; but greatness like theirs is never more than the highest degree of perfection which... | |
 | Robert Flint - 1877 - 466 pages
...noble style of literary workmanship. " We allow ourselves," says Mr Froude, " to think of Shakespeare, or of Raphael, or of Phidias as having accomplished their work by the power of their individual genius ; but greatness like theirs is never more than the highest degree of perfection which... | |
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We allow ourselves to think of Shakspeare or of Raphael or of Phidias, as having accomplished their work by the power of their own individual genius; but greatness like theirs is never more than the highest degree of an excellence which prevails widely... 
