 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - Počet stránok 522
...from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first, and now, was, and is, to hold as 'twere the mirror up to nature; to shew virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this, over-done, or come tardy... | |
 | Juvenal, Martin Madan - 1789 - Počet stránok 468
...Horace not excepted. 'fhe plainnefs of his exprejfions are derived from the bonefly and integrity of bis own mind : his great aim was — " to " hold, as it were, the mirror up to nature ; to jhew " Virtue her own feature, Scorn her own image, and " the very age and body of the time his form... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - Počet stránok 216
...of those around him, and of the age in which he lives ; and as I propose, in the following papers, " to hold, as it were, the MIRROR up to Nature, " to shew Virtue her own features, Vice her own " image, and the very age and body of the Time " his form and pressure," my... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - Počet stránok 292
...every thing that appears to me vicious or ridiculous ; always endeavouring " to " hold, us 'twere, the mirror up to Nature, to shew " Virtue her own feature, Scorn her own image, and " the very age and body of the Time his form and " pressure. T. N° 2. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - Počet stránok 564
...every thing that appears to me vicious or ridiculous ; always endeavouring " to " hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to Nature, to shew " Virtue her own feature, Scorn her own image, and " the very age and body of the Time his form and " pressure. T. N° 2. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY... | |
 | 1803 - Počet stránok 410
...purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first, and now, was, and is, to hold as 'twere the mil rour up to nature; to shew virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this, over-done, or come tardy... | |
 | 1804 - Počet stránok 416
...purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first, and now, wa^, and is, to hold as 'twere the mirrour up to nature ; to shew virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this, over-done, or come tardy... | |
 | Juvenal - 1807 - Počet stránok 390
...any Satirist that we are acquainted with, Horace not excepted. The plainness of his ex?, pressions are derived from the honesty and integrity of his...nature; to shew Virtue her " own feature, Scorn her own image, and the very age " and body of the time his form and pressure i *>',V-rHe meant not, therefore,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - Počet stránok 298
...liberty to animadvert on every thing that appears to me vicious or ridiculous; always endeavouring " to " hold, as it were, the .mirror up to Nature, to shew " Virtue her own feature, Scorn her own image, and " the very age and body of the Time his form and " pressure." T. N° 2. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - Počet stránok 338
...of those around him, and of the age in which he lives ; and as I propose in the following papers, " to hold, as it were the MIRROR up to Nature, " to shew Virtue her own features, Vice her own " image, and the very age and body of the Time " his form and pressure," my... | |
| |
... twere the mirror up to nature ; to shew virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. 
