William Shakespeare not an Impostor. By an English Critic [i.e. G. H. Townsend].G. Routledge & Company, 1857 - 122 pages |
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... speaking of Miss Edgeworth , says , that the rich humour , pathetic tenderness , and admirable tact that she displayed in her sketches of character , led him first to think that something might be attempted for his own country of the ...
... speaking of Miss Edgeworth , says , that the rich humour , pathetic tenderness , and admirable tact that she displayed in her sketches of character , led him first to think that something might be attempted for his own country of the ...
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... speak most charitably of their conduct , can have but a feeble notion of its real importance . The author of the present defence of Shakespeare- very careful to give this purblind critic's name in full . It is fit that the public should ...
... speak most charitably of their conduct , can have but a feeble notion of its real importance . The author of the present defence of Shakespeare- very careful to give this purblind critic's name in full . It is fit that the public should ...
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... speak with certainty upon the matter , or the silent yet not less certain testimony of evidence called circumstantial , turned pursuit in another direction ; and if to this hour the authorship of those Letters , that created a wonderful ...
... speak with certainty upon the matter , or the silent yet not less certain testimony of evidence called circumstantial , turned pursuit in another direction ; and if to this hour the authorship of those Letters , that created a wonderful ...
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... speak of as the other great dramatists of the Elizabethan period . One makes every allowance for the purblind ecstasies of pro- fessed black - letter moles and grubs at home or abroad ; but what are we to say when we find persons ...
... speak of as the other great dramatists of the Elizabethan period . One makes every allowance for the purblind ecstasies of pro- fessed black - letter moles and grubs at home or abroad ; but what are we to say when we find persons ...
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... speak the language proper to each with a facility that was perfectly natural . ' 3. That he wrote and assisted at bal - masques , and was the intimate friend of Lord Southampton , the acknowledged patron of Shakspeare . 4. That the ...
... speak the language proper to each with a facility that was perfectly natural . ' 3. That he wrote and assisted at bal - masques , and was the intimate friend of Lord Southampton , the acknowledged patron of Shakspeare . 4. That the ...
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