Essays and Tales in Prose, Հատոր 1Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853 |
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... poor enough . And yet to this tomb , and to the house wherein he ( is supposed to have ) lived and died , how many thousand pilgrims have since come ! Here , people of all ages and all nations have re- paired , for upwards of two ...
... poor enough . And yet to this tomb , and to the house wherein he ( is supposed to have ) lived and died , how many thousand pilgrims have since come ! Here , people of all ages and all nations have re- paired , for upwards of two ...
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... poor mockery of his humble state ; and yet perhaps it was meant kindly . Three days after this he was borne away in a hearse , and I let out my grief in tears . I scarcely know how it is , but the deaths of children seem to me always ...
... poor mockery of his humble state ; and yet perhaps it was meant kindly . Three days after this he was borne away in a hearse , and I let out my grief in tears . I scarcely know how it is , but the deaths of children seem to me always ...
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... poor settlers and people around them , and , above all , appeared to entertain towards each other the most romantic and extravagant affection . 1823 . A SHORT MYSTERY . IN the village of Rubeland ( 90 THE SPANISH STUDENT .
... poor settlers and people around them , and , above all , appeared to entertain towards each other the most romantic and extravagant affection . 1823 . A SHORT MYSTERY . IN the village of Rubeland ( 90 THE SPANISH STUDENT .
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... poor youth , who slept all day for the purpose of writing nonsense - verses at night , was certainly born there ; but no one else who can be called even remarkable . It is a singular fact that my great uncle Wilhelm should have chosen ...
... poor youth , who slept all day for the purpose of writing nonsense - verses at night , was certainly born there ; but no one else who can be called even remarkable . It is a singular fact that my great uncle Wilhelm should have chosen ...
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... Poor Mary ! " it was the oil upon the ocean of his wrath He was conquered and quiet in an instant . - " To sure , " said he faltering , " Poor Mary ! - poor girl , " added he , almost whimpering , " ' tis a pity , that such a creature ...
... Poor Mary ! " it was the oil upon the ocean of his wrath He was conquered and quiet in an instant . - " To sure , " said he faltering , " Poor Mary ! - poor girl , " added he , almost whimpering , " ' tis a pity , that such a creature ...
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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