Biographical Essays and Essays on the PoetsOsgood, 1875 |
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Page 40
... called over the coals for it in the Encyclopædia Britannica , may have sate for the portrait of that Lucullus who says of Timon : Alas , good lord ! a noble gentleman tis , if he would not keep so good a house . Many a time and often I ...
... called over the coals for it in the Encyclopædia Britannica , may have sate for the portrait of that Lucullus who says of Timon : Alas , good lord ! a noble gentleman tis , if he would not keep so good a house . Many a time and often I ...
Page 41
... as if it had some great dependencies . Upon this we shall observe , that could we by possibility be called to settle beforehand what rank were best for favoring the development of intellectual powers , the question might SHAKSPEARE . 41.
... as if it had some great dependencies . Upon this we shall observe , that could we by possibility be called to settle beforehand what rank were best for favoring the development of intellectual powers , the question might SHAKSPEARE . 41.
Page 71
... called The Great House , which name he altered to New Place ; and in 1602 he bought one hundred and seven acres adjacent to this house for a sum ( £ 320 ) corresponding to about 1500 guineas of modern money . Malone thinks that he ...
... called The Great House , which name he altered to New Place ; and in 1602 he bought one hundred and seven acres adjacent to this house for a sum ( £ 320 ) corresponding to about 1500 guineas of modern money . Malone thinks that he ...
Page 74
... called into perfect life the radiant shapes of Desdemona , of Imogene , of Hermione , of Perdita , of Ophelia , of Miranda , and many others . The Una of Spenser , earlier by ten or fifteen years than most of these , was an idealized ...
... called into perfect life the radiant shapes of Desdemona , of Imogene , of Hermione , of Perdita , of Ophelia , of Miranda , and many others . The Una of Spenser , earlier by ten or fifteen years than most of these , was an idealized ...
Page 94
... called by some remote ancestor who had emi- grated from the forest of Ardennes , in the Netherlands , and now forever memorable to English ears from its proximity to Waterloo NOTE 11. Page 36 . Let not the reader impute to us the gross ...
... called by some remote ancestor who had emi- grated from the forest of Ardennes , in the Netherlands , and now forever memorable to English ears from its proximity to Waterloo NOTE 11. Page 36 . Let not the reader impute to us the gross ...
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