Biographical Essays and Essays on the PoetsOsgood, 1875 |
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... means the reader to understand Addison ; but it does not follow that the particular paper in question was from his pen . Nothing , however , could be more natural than to quote from the common form of the play as then in possession of ...
... means the reader to understand Addison ; but it does not follow that the particular paper in question was from his pen . Nothing , however , could be more natural than to quote from the common form of the play as then in possession of ...
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... mean . Such music does not utterly revolt the idiot ; on the contrary , iɩ has a strange but a horrid fascination for him ; it alarms , irritates , disturbs , makes him profoundly un- happy ; and chiefly by unlocking imperfect glimpses ...
... mean . Such music does not utterly revolt the idiot ; on the contrary , iɩ has a strange but a horrid fascination for him ; it alarms , irritates , disturbs , makes him profoundly un- happy ; and chiefly by unlocking imperfect glimpses ...
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... mean , then , to compare Addison with an idiot ? Not generally , by any means . No- body can more sincerely admire him where he was a man of real genius , viz . , in his delineations of character and manners , or in the exquisite ...
... mean , then , to compare Addison with an idiot ? Not generally , by any means . No- body can more sincerely admire him where he was a man of real genius , viz . , in his delineations of character and manners , or in the exquisite ...
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... means of comparing , but exclusively upon those ( viz . , theatrical managers , ) who had the very amplest . Yet even in excuse for them much may be said . The very length of some plays compelled them to make alterations . The best of ...
... means of comparing , but exclusively upon those ( viz . , theatrical managers , ) who had the very amplest . Yet even in excuse for them much may be said . The very length of some plays compelled them to make alterations . The best of ...
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... means of loans or mortgages , upon capital funds . The stress upon the family finan- ces was perhaps at times severe ; and that it was borne at all , must be imputed to the large and even splendid portion whic John Shakspeare received ...
... means of loans or mortgages , upon capital funds . The stress upon the family finan- ces was perhaps at times severe ; and that it was borne at all , must be imputed to the large and even splendid portion whic John Shakspeare received ...
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