William Shakespeare: A Literary BiographyG. Bell and sons, 1888 - 587 pages |
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... expressions , met with here and there in Shakespeare , may perhaps be accounted for by this fact . Compare Charles Mackay , Celtic or Gaelic Words in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries , in The Athenæum , 1875 , ii . p . 437 ff ...
... expressions , met with here and there in Shakespeare , may perhaps be accounted for by this fact . Compare Charles Mackay , Celtic or Gaelic Words in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries , in The Athenæum , 1875 , ii . p . 437 ff ...
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... expressions which have either never been admitted into literary language , or , at all events , have assumed a different significance . One dialectic peculiarity of the pronunciation is seen in the poet's surname , the first syllable of ...
... expressions which have either never been admitted into literary language , or , at all events , have assumed a different significance . One dialectic peculiarity of the pronunciation is seen in the poet's surname , the first syllable of ...
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... expression to his thoughts on the subject in " The Winter's Tale ” ( iv . 4 ) : — Prosperity's the very bond of love , Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together Affliction alters . He must , undoubtedly , have made bitter ...
... expression to his thoughts on the subject in " The Winter's Tale ” ( iv . 4 ) : — Prosperity's the very bond of love , Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together Affliction alters . He must , undoubtedly , have made bitter ...
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... expressions , similes , and imagery into his poems ; and secondly , that , in not one instance - although all have been examined severally by Lord Campbell - is there an error ; on the contrary , every case shows the positive knowledge ...
... expressions , similes , and imagery into his poems ; and secondly , that , in not one instance - although all have been examined severally by Lord Campbell - is there an error ; on the contrary , every case shows the positive knowledge ...
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... expression . It must have been somewhat thus that he acquired his intimate acquaintance with the language , the customs and the habits of the people , with the taverns , the innkeepers and their guests ; and we have already seen with ...
... expression . It must have been somewhat thus that he acquired his intimate acquaintance with the language , the customs and the habits of the people , with the taverns , the innkeepers and their guests ; and we have already seen with ...
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Page 152 - English man 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 his wit and invention.
Page 448 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 230 - Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts; Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance; Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i...
Page 144 - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 559 - This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut...
Page 539 - Peace, plenty, love, truth, terror, That were the servants to this chosen infant, Shall then be his, and like a vine grow to him ; Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations...