Biographical Essays and Essays on the PoetsOsgood, 1875 |
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... never in one instance quoted or made any reference to Shakspeare . But was this , as Steevens most disingenuously pretends , to be taken as an exponent of the public feeling towards Shakspeare ? Was Addison's neglect representative of a ...
... never in one instance quoted or made any reference to Shakspeare . But was this , as Steevens most disingenuously pretends , to be taken as an exponent of the public feeling towards Shakspeare ? Was Addison's neglect representative of a ...
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... never alludes to without a sneer . As to Shakspeare , so far from Lord Shaftesbury's censures arguing his deficient reputation , the very fact of his noticing him at all proves his enormous popu- larity ; for upon system he noticed ...
... never alludes to without a sneer . As to Shakspeare , so far from Lord Shaftesbury's censures arguing his deficient reputation , the very fact of his noticing him at all proves his enormous popu- larity ; for upon system he noticed ...
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... never since been traced . In many of the elder lives it has been asserted , that John Shakspeare , the father of the poet , was a butcher , and in others that he was a woolstapler . It is now settled beyond dispute that he was a glover ...
... never since been traced . In many of the elder lives it has been asserted , that John Shakspeare , the father of the poet , was a butcher , and in others that he was a woolstapler . It is now settled beyond dispute that he was a glover ...
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... never have been regarded as a burden , not amounting to five pounds annually of our present money , may have been held up as an exponent of wealth and consideration ; and John Shakspeare may have been required to resign it as an ...
... never have been regarded as a burden , not amounting to five pounds annually of our present money , may have been held up as an exponent of wealth and consideration ; and John Shakspeare may have been required to resign it as an ...
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... never get him from it . ' For certain years , perhaps , John Shakspeare moved on in darkness and sorrow : His familiars from his buried fortunes Slunk all away ; left their false vows with him , Like empty purses pick'd ; and his poor ...
... never get him from it . ' For certain years , perhaps , John Shakspeare moved on in darkness and sorrow : His familiars from his buried fortunes Slunk all away ; left their false vows with him , Like empty purses pick'd ; and his poor ...
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