Essays and Tales in Prose, Հատոր 1Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853 |
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... course of which he was accus- tomed to stop at the Crown Inn , at Oxford , at that time kept by one John Davenant ; and it is tolerably certain that he became , in 1606 , the godfather of Davenant's son , afterwards known as Sir William ...
... course of which he was accus- tomed to stop at the Crown Inn , at Oxford , at that time kept by one John Davenant ; and it is tolerably certain that he became , in 1606 , the godfather of Davenant's son , afterwards known as Sir William ...
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... course of authors , ' Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot , ' and has taken his station at the head of all . In this country , at least , he requires no defender ; scarcely , indeed , an expounder of his meaning , notwithstanding ...
... course of authors , ' Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot , ' and has taken his station at the head of all . In this country , at least , he requires no defender ; scarcely , indeed , an expounder of his meaning , notwithstanding ...
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... course of the story was visible from the outset to the end . It embodied the anger of Jove , the power of remorse , the pains and penalties of sinful or presumptuous men or it reflected the distorted humors or singularities of the time ...
... course of the story was visible from the outset to the end . It embodied the anger of Jove , the power of remorse , the pains and penalties of sinful or presumptuous men or it reflected the distorted humors or singularities of the time ...
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... course , comprehend ; but I understood perfectly what a perpetual absence from my pretty friend . Whether I wept or raved , or how it was , I know not ; but I was taken to visit her . It was a cold day , and the red and brown leaves ...
... course , comprehend ; but I understood perfectly what a perpetual absence from my pretty friend . Whether I wept or raved , or how it was , I know not ; but I was taken to visit her . It was a cold day , and the red and brown leaves ...
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... course . A fierce pain came upon him : a fire raged in his vitals . His strong limbs , which no wrestler could twist , and no antagonist lay prostrate , shrank before an unseen foe . Fever encompassed him , and delirium ; and in his ...
... course . A fierce pain came upon him : a fire raged in his vitals . His strong limbs , which no wrestler could twist , and no antagonist lay prostrate , shrank before an unseen foe . Fever encompassed him , and delirium ; and in his ...
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Էջ 23 - and, when I have required Some heavenly music (which even now I do), To work mine end upon their senses that This airy charm is for, I '11 break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, I '11 drown my book.
Էջ 16 - honor his memory, on this side of idolatry, as much as any : he was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature ;' and the editors of the folio edition of the plays, say that they have collected them ' to keep the memory of so worthy a friend and fellow alive, as was our Shakspere.
Էջ 15 - Englishman of war, lesser in bulk but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of
Էջ 15 - galleon and an English man of war. Master Jonson, like the former, was built far higher in learning; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspere, like an
Էջ 16 - retired to his native town of Stratford. He had previously purchased one of the best houses there, called ' New Place,' and in this house he lived and died. He was buried on the 25th of April, 1616, on the north side of the chancel of the great church of Stratford. A monument was shortly
Էջ 14 - The following is Fuller's account of Shakspere, in his ' WORTHIES OF ENGLAND :' 'He was an eminent instance of the truth of that rule, ' poeta non fit, sed nasdtur: one is not made but born a poet.
Էջ 17 - to his memory. The artist has represented him in a sitting posture, with a pen in his right hand, and his left resting on a scroll of paper; and on the cushion which appears spread out before him, are engraved the following lines
Էջ 53 - and are involved (parenthetically) in the dialogue, without impeding it; such as, in ' ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA,' where Antony speaks of ' Our slippery people ( Whose love is never linked to the deserver, Till his deserts
Էջ 56 - or infirmity peculiar to himself. But I should do neither. For his great merit, as it appears to me, is, that he had no peculiar or prominent merit. His mind was so well constituted, so justly and admirably balanced, that it had nothing in excess. It was the harmonious combination, the