Biographical Essays and Essays on the PoetsOsgood, 1875 |
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... memorials of one so illustrious ? Such is the fatality of error which overclouds every question con- nected with Shakspeare , that two of his principal critics , Steevens and Malone , have endeavored to solve 12 SHAKSPEARE .
... memorials of one so illustrious ? Such is the fatality of error which overclouds every question con- nected with Shakspeare , that two of his principal critics , Steevens and Malone , have endeavored to solve 12 SHAKSPEARE .
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... 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 the stage . It was there , beyond a doubt , that a fine gentleman living upon town , and not ...
... 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 the stage . It was there , beyond a doubt , that a fine gentleman living upon town , and not ...
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... question then at issue , ) but with regard to his diction and choice of words . To cite Dryden as a witness for any purpose against Shakspeare , Dryden , who of all men had the most ransacked wit and exhausted language in celebrating ...
... question then at issue , ) but with regard to his diction and choice of words . To cite Dryden as a witness for any purpose against Shakspeare , Dryden , who of all men had the most ransacked wit and exhausted language in celebrating ...
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... question . The tradition has always been , that Shakspeare was honored by the especial notice of Queen Elizabeth , as well as by that of James I. At one time we were disposed to question the truth of this tradition ; but that was for ...
... question . The tradition has always been , that Shakspeare was honored by the especial notice of Queen Elizabeth , as well as by that of James I. At one time we were disposed to question the truth of this tradition ; but that was for ...
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... questions , had begun to express itself at Oxford , and still more so at Cambridge . Academic persons stationed themselves as sentinels at London , for the purpose of watching the court and the course of public affairs . These persons ...
... questions , had begun to express itself at Oxford , and still more so at Cambridge . Academic persons stationed themselves as sentinels at London , for the purpose of watching the court and the course of public affairs . These persons ...
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