Biographical Essays and Essays on the PoetsOsgood, 1875 |
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... period of one hundred and fifty years , ( for so long it is since Better- ton the actor began to make researches , ) has availed us little or nothing . Neither the local traditions of his provincial birthplace , though sharing with ...
... period of one hundred and fifty years , ( for so long it is since Better- ton the actor began to make researches , ) has availed us little or nothing . Neither the local traditions of his provincial birthplace , though sharing with ...
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... universities . And by this mode of diffusion it is , that we can explain the strength with which Shakspeare's thoughts and diction impressed themselves from a very early period upon the national literature , and even more 26 SHAKSPEARE .
... universities . And by this mode of diffusion it is , that we can explain the strength with which Shakspeare's thoughts and diction impressed themselves from a very early period upon the national literature , and even more 26 SHAKSPEARE .
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Thomas De Quincey. early period upon the national literature , and even more generally upon the national thinking and conver- sation.8 The question , therefore , revolves upon us in three- fold difficulty - How , having stepped thus ...
Thomas De Quincey. early period upon the national literature , and even more generally upon the national thinking and conver- sation.8 The question , therefore , revolves upon us in three- fold difficulty - How , having stepped thus ...
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... period a collision of forces acting in opposite directions upon the estimation of the stage and scenical art , and therefore of all the ministers in its equipage . Puritanism frowned upon these pur- suits , as ruinous to public morals ...
... period a collision of forces acting in opposite directions upon the estimation of the stage and scenical art , and therefore of all the ministers in its equipage . Puritanism frowned upon these pur- suits , as ruinous to public morals ...
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... periods far more re- mote , ) the house of Ben Jonson , in which probably , as Mr. Campbell suggests , might be parts of his corres- pondence , was also burned . Finally , there was an old tradition that Lady Barnard , the sole grand ...
... periods far more re- mote , ) the house of Ben Jonson , in which probably , as Mr. Campbell suggests , might be parts of his corres- pondence , was also burned . Finally , there was an old tradition that Lady Barnard , the sole grand ...
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