Biographical Essays and Essays on the PoetsOsgood, 1875 |
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... - happy ; and chiefly by unlocking imperfect glimpses of thoughts and slumbering instincts , which it is for his peace to have entirely obscured , because for him they can be revealed only partially , and with the 2 SHAKSPEARE . 17.
... - happy ; and chiefly by unlocking imperfect glimpses of thoughts and slumbering instincts , which it is for his peace to have entirely obscured , because for him they can be revealed only partially , and with the 2 SHAKSPEARE . 17.
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... thought however beautiful , no image however mag nificent , could conciliate his praise as long as it was clothed in English ; but present him with the most trivial commonplaces in Greek , and he unaffectedly fancied them divine ...
... thought however beautiful , no image however mag nificent , could conciliate his praise as long as it was clothed in English ; but present him with the most trivial commonplaces in Greek , and he unaffectedly fancied them divine ...
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... thought and action , were both impassioned admirers of Shakspeare . Each of them counts for many thou- sands . The Prince of Wales 6 had learned to appre- ciate Shakspeare , not originally from reading him , but from witnessing the ...
... thought and action , were both impassioned admirers of Shakspeare . Each of them counts for many thou- sands . The Prince of Wales 6 had learned to appre- ciate Shakspeare , not originally from reading him , but from witnessing the ...
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... universities . And by this mode of diffusion it is , that we can explain the strength with which Shakspeare's thoughts and diction impressed themselves from a very early period upon the national literature , and even more 26 SHAKSPEARE .
... universities . And by this mode of diffusion it is , that we can explain the strength with which Shakspeare's thoughts and diction impressed themselves from a very early period upon the national literature , and even more 26 SHAKSPEARE .
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... thoughts 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 ...
... thoughts 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 ...
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