Biographical Essays and Essays on the PoetsOsgood, 1875 |
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Page 24
... separate argument , and a conclu- sive one against his popularity . We answer , that , considering the bulk of his plays collectively , the editions were not few . Compared with any known case , the copies sold . of Shakspeare were ...
... separate argument , and a conclu- sive one against his popularity . We answer , that , considering the bulk of his plays collectively , the editions were not few . Compared with any known case , the copies sold . of Shakspeare were ...
Page 59
... separate impulses . Chiefly , perhaps , under the vulgar love of pointed and glaring contrasts ; the splendor of the man was in this instance brought into a sort of epigrammatic antithesis with the humility of his for- tunes ; secondly ...
... separate impulses . Chiefly , perhaps , under the vulgar love of pointed and glaring contrasts ; the splendor of the man was in this instance brought into a sort of epigrammatic antithesis with the humility of his for- tunes ; secondly ...
Page 79
... separates Shakspeare from Euri- pides , the last of the surviving Greek tragedians , the one is still the nearest successor of the other , just as Connaught and the islands in Clew Bay are next neighbors to America , although three ...
... separates Shakspeare from Euri- pides , the last of the surviving Greek tragedians , the one is still the nearest successor of the other , just as Connaught and the islands in Clew Bay are next neighbors to America , although three ...
Page 83
... separately from its connection , one of the most delightful poetic scenes that literature affords . The witches in Macbeth are another variety of super- natural life , in which Shakspeare's power to enchant and to disenchant are alike ...
... separately from its connection , one of the most delightful poetic scenes that literature affords . The witches in Macbeth are another variety of super- natural life , in which Shakspeare's power to enchant and to disenchant are alike ...
Page 84
... , without attempting in so vast a field to offer any inadequate illustrations ) one mode of Shak- speare's dramatic excellence , which hitherto has not attracted any special or separate notice . We allude to 84 SHAKSPEARE .
... , without attempting in so vast a field to offer any inadequate illustrations ) one mode of Shak- speare's dramatic excellence , which hitherto has not attracted any special or separate notice . We allude to 84 SHAKSPEARE .
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