Biographical Essays and Essays on the PoetsOsgood, 1875 |
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... probably little else amongst the French classics . Hence it arose that he took upon himself to speak sneeringly of Tasso . To this , which was a bold act for his timid mind , he was emboldened by the countenance of Boileau . Of the ...
... probably little else amongst the French classics . Hence it arose that he took upon himself to speak sneeringly of Tasso . To this , which was a bold act for his timid mind , he was emboldened by the countenance of Boileau . Of the ...
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... probably be sincere . In James we can readily suppose it to have been assumed ; for he was a pedant in a different sense from Lord Shaftes- bury ; not from undervaluing modern poetry , but from caring little or nothing for any poetry ...
... probably be sincere . In James we can readily suppose it to have been assumed ; for he was a pedant in a different sense from Lord Shaftes- bury ; not from undervaluing modern poetry , but from caring little or nothing for any poetry ...
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... probably , was Milton's state of feeling towards Shakspeare after 1642 , when the theatres were suppressed , and the fanatical fervor in its noontide heat . Yet even then he did not belie his reverence intellectually for Shak- speare ...
... probably , was Milton's state of feeling towards Shakspeare after 1642 , when the theatres were suppressed , and the fanatical fervor in its noontide heat . Yet even then he did not belie his reverence intellectually for Shak- speare ...
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... probably , by its local ravages , scorched this field of natural tradition , and thinned the gleaner's inheritance by three parts out of four . This , we repeat , may be one part of the solution to this difficult problem . But And if ...
... probably , by its local ravages , scorched this field of natural tradition , and thinned the gleaner's inheritance by three parts out of four . This , we repeat , may be one part of the solution to this difficult problem . But And if ...
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... 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 - daughter of Shakspeare , had carried off many of his papers from ...
... 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 - daughter of Shakspeare , had carried off many of his papers from ...
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