Biographical Essays and Essays on the PoetsOsgood, 1875 |
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Page 18
... language in celebrating the supremacy of Shakspeare's genius , does indeed re- quire as much shamelessness in feeling as mendacity in principle . But then Lord Shaftesbury , who may be taken as half way between Dryden and Pope ...
... language in celebrating the supremacy of Shakspeare's genius , does indeed re- quire as much shamelessness in feeling as mendacity in principle . But then Lord Shaftesbury , who may be taken as half way between Dryden and Pope ...
Page 45
... language , and in which the restraints of factitious or conventional de- corum are exchanged for the restraints of mere sexual decency . It is a noticeable fact to all who have looked upon human life with an eye of strict attention ...
... language , and in which the restraints of factitious or conventional de- corum are exchanged for the restraints of mere sexual decency . It is a noticeable fact to all who have looked upon human life with an eye of strict attention ...
Page 53
... language of that sad wisdom folly leaves behind , ' who can avoid reading , as in subtle hieroglyphics , the secret record of Shakspeare's own nuptial disappoint- ments ? We , indeed , that is , universal posterity through every age ...
... language of that sad wisdom folly leaves behind , ' who can avoid reading , as in subtle hieroglyphics , the secret record of Shakspeare's own nuptial disappoint- ments ? We , indeed , that is , universal posterity through every age ...
Page 82
... language , and the appropriate scenery of its haunt , viz . , the ramparts of a capital fortress , with no witnesses but a few gentlemen mounting guard at the dead of night , what a mist , what a mirage of vapor , is here accumulated ...
... language , and the appropriate scenery of its haunt , viz . , the ramparts of a capital fortress , with no witnesses but a few gentlemen mounting guard at the dead of night , what a mist , what a mirage of vapor , is here accumulated ...
Page 91
... language cannot transcend . Amongst his political friends also were many intense admirers of Shakspeare . NOTE 5. Page 20 . Ile who is weak enough to kick and spurn his own native liter- arure even if it were done with more knowledge ...
... language cannot transcend . Amongst his political friends also were many intense admirers of Shakspeare . NOTE 5. Page 20 . Ile who is weak enough to kick and spurn his own native liter- arure even if it were done with more knowledge ...
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