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Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare QUOTES

Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare QUOTES

1 " Imitations produce pain or pleasure, not because they are mistaken for realities, but because they bring realities to mind. "

― Samuel Johnson , Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare

2 " The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting to myrtles and to roses; filling the eye with awful pomp, and gratifying the mind with endless diversity. "

― Samuel Johnson , Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare

3 " Shakespeare opens a mine which contains gold and diamonds in unexhaustible plenty, though clouded by incrustations, debased by impurities, and mingled with a mass of meaner minerales. "

― Samuel Johnson , Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare

4 " The work is performed, first by railing at the stupidity, negligence, ignorance, and asinine tastelessness of the former editors, "

― Samuel Johnson , Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare