“He had no regard to distinction of time or place, but gives to one age or nation, without scruple, the customs, institutions, and opinions of another, at the expence not only of likelihood, but of possibility. These faults Pope has endeavoured, with more zeal than judgment, to transfer to his imagined in interpolators. We need not wonder to find Hector quoting Aristotle, when we see the loves of Theseus and Hippolyta combined with the Gothic mythology of fairies. Shakespeare, indeed, was not the only violator of chronology, for in the same age Sidney, who wanted not the advantages of learning, has, in his “Arcadia”, confounded the pastoral with the feudal times, the days of innocence, quiet and security, with those of turbulence, violence and adventure.””
Quotes by Samuel Sidney
Complete Works of Samuel Johnson
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A Dictionary of the English Language (Complete and Unabridged in Two Volumes), Volume One
Samuel Sidney
Samuel Sidney, known by his pseudonym, was an English writer who made significant contributions to various fields, including agriculture, animal husbandry, railways, and emigration. His works often re...