 You will find all this very unlike Shakspeare ; and so much the better in one sense, for I look upon him to be the worst of models,* though the most extraordinary of writers.  Englische Studien - Page 47edited by - 1904Full view - About this book
 | 1900 - 608 pages
...dramatise striking passages of history and mythology.' ' You will find,' he adds most truly, ' all this very unlike Shakespeare ; and so much the better in one sense, tor I look upon him to be the worst of models, though the most extraordinary of writers. It has been... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1830 - 532 pages
...better in ^! sense, for I look upon him to be the worst of mode--.' 398 LIFE OP LORD BYRON. thuugh the most extraordinary of writers. It has been my object to be as simple and severe as Allirri. and I have broken down Uiepoefry as nearly as I could to common language. The hardship is,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1831 - 572 pages
...passages of history, as they did of history and mythology. You will find all this very unlike Shakspeare ; and so much the better in one sense, for I look upon...extraordinary of writers. It has been my object to be as •imple and severe as Alfieri, and I have broken down the poetry as nearly as I could to common language.... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1832 - 592 pages
...passages of history, as they did of history and mythology. You will find all this very unlike Shakspeare; and so much the better in one sense, for I look upon him to be the worst of models,i though the most ' ID venturing this judgment upon Shakspeare, Lord Byron but followed in the... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1837 - 548 pages
...passages of history, as they did of history and mythology. You will find all Mi very unlike Shakspeare; and so much the better in one sense, for I look upon...It has been my object to be as simple and severe as Allicri ; and I have broken down the poetry as nearly as I could to common language. Mind the unities,... | |
 | 1839 - 366 pages
...speaking of his ideal of his own dramatic poem — ' You will find all this very unlike Shakspere, and so much the better in one sense, for I look upon...models, though the most extraordinary of writers' — it is to us very doubtful if Sardanapalus would have been written, had not the Richard II. of Shakspere... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...history and mythology. You wffl Cod all this very ?/nlike Shabspeare ; and to m'ucn the brttr- _-t one sense, for I look upon him to be the worst of toodrb, though the most extraordinary of writers. It has bcftt ягт object to be as simple and severe... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...of history and mythology. You will find all this very unlike Shakspeare ; and so much the better hi orge Gordon Byron Byron Alfleri, and I hare broken down the poetry as nearly as I could to common language. The hardship is... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 pages
...445 Lord Byron somewhere says, speaking of his own play of ' Sardanapalus,' " I look upon Shakspere to be the worst of models, though the most extraordinary of writers." We think, if Shakspere be the worst of models, it is beсatиe ho is the most extraordinary of writers.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1855 - 584 pages
...must keep word,' as Serjeant Bothwell says." LETTER CCCCXXXVIII. TO MR. MURRAY. " July 14th, 1821. in one sense, for I look upon him to be the worst...extraordinary of writers. It has been my object to be ae simple and severe as Alfieri, and I have broken down the poetry as nearly as I could to common language.... | |
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