 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 Seiten
...it is that of Caliban, or the Monster, in THE TEMPEST. He seems there to have created a person which was not in nature, a boldness which at first sight...intolerable ; for he makes him a species of himself, injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her. Those of other poets have a constant resemblance,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 Seiten
...it is that of Caliban, or the Monster, in THE TEMPEST. He seems there to have created a person which was not in nature, a boldness which at first sight...intolerable; for he makes him a species of himself, injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her. Those of other poets have a constant resemblance,... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 Seiten
...Monger, in THE TEMPEST. He seems there to have cheated a person -which was not in nature, a l^pldness which at first sight would appear intolerable; for he makes him a species of himself, injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her. Those of othe^ poets have a constant resemblance,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 500 Seiten
...is that of Caliban, or the monster, in " The Tempest." He seems there to have created a person which was not in nature, a boldness which, at first sight,...would appear intolerable ; for he makes him a species 01 himself, begotten by an incubus on a witch ; but this, as I have elsewhere proved, is not wholly... | |
 | 1821 - 436 Seiten
...his invention ; it is that of the monster in the " Tempest." He seems to have created a person which was not in nature, a boldness which at first sight...species of himself, begotten by an incubus on a witch. Whether or no his generation can be defended, I leave to philosophy ; but of this I am certain, that... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 Seiten
...is that of Caliban, or the monster, in ' The Tempest.' He seems there to have ereated a person which was not in nature — a boldness which at first sight...a species of himself, begotten by an incubus on a witeh ; but this, as I have elsewhere proved, is not wholly beyond the bounds of eredibility, — at... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 Seiten
...seems there to have created a person which was not in nature — a boldness which at first sight woulti appear intolerable ; for he makes him a species of himself, begotten by an incuVuon a witch ; but this, as I have elsewhere proved, is not wholly beyond the bounds of credibility,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1895 - 486 Seiten
...a person which was not in Nature, a boldness which at first sight would appear intolerable ; for be makes him a species of himself, begotten by an Incubus on a Witch ; but this, as I have elsewhere prov'd, is not wholly beyond the bounds of credibility, at least the vulgar stile believe it. We have... | |
 | Clement Mansfield Ingleby - 1874 - 402 Seiten
...Nature, a boldnefs which at firfl fight would appear intolerable: for he makes him a Species of himfelf, begotten by an Incubus on a Witch; but this as I have elfewhere prov'd, is not wholly beyond the bounds of credibility, as leaf l the vulgar flill believe... | |
 | 1881 - 594 Seiten
...'tis that of Caliban, or the monster in the Tempest. He seems there to have created a person which was not in nature, a boldness which at first sight...an incubus on a witch; but this as I have elsewhere prov'd, is not wholly beyond the bounds of credibility, at least the vulgar still believe it. We have... | |
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Shakspeare; no man ever drew so many characters, or generally distinguished 'em better from one another, excepting only Jonson. I will instance but in one to show the copiousness of his intention; it is that of Caliban, or the monster, in the Tempest.... 
