 | William Shakespeare - 1882 - 926 pagina’s
...willing to honour past than present excellence : and the mind contemplates genius through the 'hades . thou whoreson, obscene, greasy tallow-kecch, Fat....these men ic Kendal green, when it was so dark th esliniale.his__powers by UU worst performance, and «nien_ he is dead, we, rate them by his best. "To~works,... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1883 - 362 pagina’s
...sympathy, it would seem, rather than from conviction." Johnson, in his Preface to Shakespeare, says : " The great contention of criticism is to find the faults...estimate his powers by his worst performance, and when he is dead, we rate them by the best." Lord Brougham conceived the brilliant idea of giving out that... | |
 | George Arthur Gaskell - 1884 - 151 pagina’s
...considering that time has sometimes co-operated with chance ; all perhaps are more willing to honor past than present excellence ; and the mind contemplates...is yet living, we estimate his powers by his worst performances ; and when he is dead, we rate them by his besL To works, however, of which the excellence... | |
 | 1888 - 555 pagina’s
...prejudice. Some seem to admire indiscriminately whatever has been long preserved, without considering that time has sometimes co-operated with chance ;...shades of age, as the eye surveys the sun through artif,cial opacity. The great contention of criticism is to find the faults of the moderns, and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1888 - 323 pagina’s
...fighting : but being all cowards, we go on very well." ' Boswell's Life of 'Johnson, iii. 326. Criticism : THE great contention of criticism is to find the faults...estimate his powers by his worst performance ; and when he is dead we rate them by his best. Works, v. 103. 'I MENTIONED Mallet's tragedy of Elvira which had... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 701 pagina’s
...criticism. 1002 Johnson: Boswell's Life of Joli nvon. V. 222. (Georne Birkberk Hill, Editor, 1887.) The great contention of criticism is to find the faults...estimate his powers by his worst performance, and when he is dead we rate them by his best. 100:3 Johnson: Works. V. 103. (Oxford edition, 1825.) Doubtless... | |
 | 1900 - 555 pagina’s
...prejudice. Some seem to admire indiscriminately whatever has been long preserved, without considering that time has sometimes co-operated with chance ;...estimate his powers by his worst performance ; and when he is dead, we rate them by his best. To works, however, of which the excellence is not absolute and... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 358 pagina’s
...prejudice. Some seem to admire indiscriminately whatever has been long preserved, without considering that time has sometimes co-operated with chance ;...estimate his powers by his worst performance; and when he is dead, we rate them by his best. To works, however, of which the excellence is not absolute and... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 358 pagina’s
...prejudice. Some seem to admire indiscriminately whatever has been long preserved, without considering that time has sometimes co-operated with chance ;...estimate his powers by his worst performance ; and when he is dead, we rate them by his best. To works, however, of which the excellence is not absolute and... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1905 - 464 pagina’s
...prejudice. Some seem to admire indiscriminately whatever has been long preserved, without considering that time has sometimes co-operated with chance; all...estimate his powers by his worst performance, and when he is dead we rate them by his best. To works, however, of which the excellence is not absolute and... | |
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Antiquity, like every other quality that attracts the notice of mankind has undoubtedly votaries that reverence it, not from reason, but from prejudice. Some seem to admire indiscriminately whatever has been long preserved without considering that time... 
