Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers; or by the accidents of transient fashions or temporary opinions: they are the genuine progeny of common humanity, such as the world will always supply, and observation will always find. His persons act and speak by the influnce of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual; in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species.
相关单词：peculiarities
peculiarities解释：n. 特质, 特性, 怪癖, 古怪
peculiarities例句：
the cultural peculiarities of the English 英国人的文化特点
He used to mimic speech peculiarities of another. 他过去总是模仿别人讲话的特点。
相关单词：progeny
progeny解释：n.后代，子孙；结果
progeny例句：
His numerous progeny are scattered all over the country.他为数众多的后代散布在全国各地。
He was surrounded by his numerous progeny.众多的子孙簇拥着他。
相关单词：agitated
agitated解释：adj.被鼓动的，不安的
agitated例句：
His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定，回答全乱了。
She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时，她十分焦虑。
