Biographical Essays and Essays on the PoetsOsgood, 1875 |
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... speak of Lear as an obscure piece , recommended to his notice by a friend , ' of which we must be allowed to doubt , was then utter- ing a conscious falsehood . It happens that Lear was one of the few Shakspearian dramas which had kept ...
... speak of Lear as an obscure piece , recommended to his notice by a friend , ' of which we must be allowed to doubt , was then utter- ing a conscious falsehood . It happens that Lear was one of the few Shakspearian dramas which had kept ...
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... 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 elder Italian authors , such as Ariosto , and , à fortiori , Dante , he knew absolutely nothing ...
... 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 elder Italian authors , such as Ariosto , and , à fortiori , Dante , he knew absolutely nothing ...
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... speak of ordi- nary minds ; but in cases of public entertainments , deriving part of their power from scenery and stage pomp , novelty is for all minds an essential condition of attraction . Moreover , in some departments of the comic ...
... speak of ordi- nary minds ; but in cases of public entertainments , deriving part of their power from scenery and stage pomp , novelty is for all minds an essential condition of attraction . Moreover , in some departments of the comic ...
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... speak a plainer language , and in which the restraints of factitious or conventional de- corum are exchanged for the restraints of mere sexual decency . It is a noticeable fact to all who have looked upon human life with an eye of ...
... speak a plainer language , and in which the restraints of factitious or conventional de- corum are exchanged for the restraints of mere sexual decency . It is a noticeable fact to all who have looked upon human life with an eye of ...
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... speak coarsely , a little outlived her market . Time she had none to lose . William Shakspeare pleased her eye ; and the gentle- ness of his nature made him an apt subject for female blandishments , possibly for female arts . Without ...
... speak coarsely , a little outlived her market . Time she had none to lose . William Shakspeare pleased her eye ; and the gentle- ness of his nature made him an apt subject for female blandishments , possibly for female arts . Without ...
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