Biographical Essays and Essays on the PoetsOsgood, 1875 |
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... seems , of his rude unpolished style , and his antiquated phrase and wit . ' What if he does ! Let the whole truth be told , and then we shall see how much stress is to be laid upon such a judgment . second Lord Shaftesbury , the author ...
... seems , of his rude unpolished style , and his antiquated phrase and wit . ' What if he does ! Let the whole truth be told , and then we shall see how much stress is to be laid upon such a judgment . second Lord Shaftesbury , the author ...
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... seem that a perfect malice of misfortune pur- sed the vestiges of the mighty poet's steps . In 1613 , the Globe theatre , with which he had been so long connected , was burned to the ground . Soon after- wards a great fire occurred in ...
... seem that a perfect malice of misfortune pur- sed the vestiges of the mighty poet's steps . In 1613 , the Globe theatre , with which he had been so long connected , was burned to the ground . Soon after- wards a great fire occurred in ...
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... seem warranted by the proportions of our present life . Every question which it can be reasonable to raise at all , it must be reasonable to treat with at least so much of minute research , as may justify the conclusions which it is ...
... seem warranted by the proportions of our present life . Every question which it can be reasonable to raise at all , it must be reasonable to treat with at least so much of minute research , as may justify the conclusions which it is ...
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... seems to have been something more in motion than passion or the ardor of youth . I like not , ' says Parson Evans , ( alluding to Falstaff in mas- querade , ) I like not when a woman has a great peard ; I spy a great peard under her ...
... seems to have been something more in motion than passion or the ardor of youth . I like not , ' says Parson Evans , ( alluding to Falstaff in mas- querade , ) I like not when a woman has a great peard ; I spy a great peard under her ...
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... day's celebration , When I shall think , or Phoebus ' steeds are founder'd , Or night kept chain'd below ; ' that is , when even the winged hours would seem to move too slowly . Even thus Prospero is not quite 52 SHAKSPEARE . 32.
... day's celebration , When I shall think , or Phoebus ' steeds are founder'd , Or night kept chain'd below ; ' that is , when even the winged hours would seem to move too slowly . Even thus Prospero is not quite 52 SHAKSPEARE . 32.
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