Biographical Essays and Essays on the PoetsOsgood, 1875 |
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... human intellect , was born at Stratford - upon - Avon , in the county of Warwick , in the year 1564 , and upon some day , not precisely ascertained , in the month of April . It is certain that he was baptized on the 25th ; and from that ...
... human intellect , was born at Stratford - upon - Avon , in the county of Warwick , in the year 1564 , and upon some day , not precisely ascertained , in the month of April . It is certain that he was baptized on the 25th ; and from that ...
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... human nature , nd will impress that lesson with a searching force , such as no borrowed experience ever can ap- proach . Most probable it is that Shakspeare drew some of his powerful scenes in the Timon of Athens , those which exhibit ...
... human nature , nd will impress that lesson with a searching force , such as no borrowed experience ever can ap- proach . Most probable it is that Shakspeare drew some of his powerful scenes in the Timon of Athens , those which exhibit ...
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... human nature , would have mostly cultivated that class of society in which the feelings are more elementary and simple , in which the thoughts speak a plainer language , and in which the restraints of factitious or conventional de ...
... human nature , would have mostly cultivated that class of society in which the feelings are more elementary and simple , in which the thoughts speak a plainer language , and in which the restraints of factitious or conventional de ...
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... human dotage cannot advance . It is painful , indeed , and dishonorable to human nature , that whenever men of vulgar habits and of poor education wish to impress us with a feeling of respect for a man's talent , they are sure to cite ...
... human dotage cannot advance . It is painful , indeed , and dishonorable to human nature , that whenever men of vulgar habits and of poor education wish to impress us with a feeling of respect for a man's talent , they are sure to cite ...
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... human consciousness , and pushed its dark frontiers into regions not so much as dimly descried or even suspected before his time , far less illuminated ( as now they are ) by beauty and tropical luxuriance of life . For instance , - a ...
... human consciousness , and pushed its dark frontiers into regions not so much as dimly descried or even suspected before his time , far less illuminated ( as now they are ) by beauty and tropical luxuriance of life . For instance , - a ...
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