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... literary student . " We did not , and do not , pretend to be equal to a literary labour . We merely , to use an expression of Bacon's , " have taken upon us to ring a bell , to call other wits together , which is the meanest office ...
... literary student . " We did not , and do not , pretend to be equal to a literary labour . We merely , to use an expression of Bacon's , " have taken upon us to ring a bell , to call other wits together , which is the meanest office ...
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... Literary Gazette of the 9th of May . " Miss Bacon's book , a volume of imposing di- mensions , is introduced by a preface from Mr. Nathaniel Hawthorne , who thus alludes to Mr. Smith's appropriation of his countrywoman's la- bours : An ...
... Literary Gazette of the 9th of May . " Miss Bacon's book , a volume of imposing di- mensions , is introduced by a preface from Mr. Nathaniel Hawthorne , who thus alludes to Mr. Smith's appropriation of his countrywoman's la- bours : An ...
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... Literary Gazette , Sept. 1856. I had then great difficulty in ascer- taining where Miss Bacon had written any thing respecting the Shakespeare Plays . Having done so , and read the article on " William Shakespeare and his Plays , " it ...
... Literary Gazette , Sept. 1856. I had then great difficulty in ascer- taining where Miss Bacon had written any thing respecting the Shakespeare Plays . Having done so , and read the article on " William Shakespeare and his Plays , " it ...
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... literary men have , with us , no recognised social position . A man of science , who is perhaps making the most wonderful discoveries , is obliged to obtain the degree of doctor , and make use of his acade- mical title , in order to ...
... literary men have , with us , no recognised social position . A man of science , who is perhaps making the most wonderful discoveries , is obliged to obtain the degree of doctor , and make use of his acade- mical title , in order to ...
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... literary or scientific man : like mixed seed cast on the garden border , when it is grown up , some will be strong by drawing much nourishment to itself ; some prized for the beauty of its form or richness of its colour ; or other its ...
... literary or scientific man : like mixed seed cast on the garden border , when it is grown up , some will be strong by drawing much nourishment to itself ; some prized for the beauty of its form or richness of its colour ; or other its ...
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Page 30 - The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.
Page 72 - King Henry, making a masque at the Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain cannons being shot off at his entry, some of the paper or other stuff wherewith one of them was stopped, did light on the thatch...
Page 20 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 32 - Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James!
Page 31 - Yet must I not give nature all: thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature be. His art doth give the fashion ; and that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat...
Page 27 - His wit was in his own power, would the rule of it had been so too. Many times he fell into those things, could not escape laughter: as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him, 'Caesar, thou dost me wrong.
Page 76 - Lady in generall termes, telling him what shee liked best in him, and prescribing his gesture in smiling, his apparaile, &c., and then when he came to practise making him believe they tooke him to be mad.
Page 31 - To whom all Scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time...
Page 26 - I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand.
Page 70 - By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While in the mean time two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers, and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched field?