William Shakespeare: A Literary BiographyG. Bell and sons, 1888 - 587 pages |
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... fact , a hundred years ago the biographer of Shakespeare was much in the same predicament as the young theologian ... facts and scattered frag- ments , and these can be formed into one structure only by means of various combinations and ...
... fact , a hundred years ago the biographer of Shakespeare was much in the same predicament as the young theologian ... facts and scattered frag- ments , and these can be formed into one structure only by means of various combinations and ...
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... fact is made to hide a number of very questionable statements , in Knight more especially . Goethe's remark , that everything that has been said of Shakespeare is inadequate , does not apply only to the æsthetical domain , but to the ...
... fact is made to hide a number of very questionable statements , in Knight more especially . Goethe's remark , that everything that has been said of Shakespeare is inadequate , does not apply only to the æsthetical domain , but to the ...
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... fact , even in their connection with Shakespeare . Let the reader but compare the enthusiastic and significant ... fact that the political revolution was also a complete up - turning of the whole social fabric , an up - turning of the ...
... fact , even in their connection with Shakespeare . Let the reader but compare the enthusiastic and significant ... fact that the political revolution was also a complete up - turning of the whole social fabric , an up - turning of the ...
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... fact , not written with a view to being printed , but for representation , and his sonnets only for patrons and intimate friends . Never was a poet more indif- And his family also did ferent about his own celebrity . nothing in honour ...
... fact , not written with a view to being printed , but for representation , and his sonnets only for patrons and intimate friends . Never was a poet more indif- And his family also did ferent about his own celebrity . nothing in honour ...
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... fact that all the families of the name of Shakespeare belonged to the lower strata of the nation , to the yeomanry or agricultural class ; only two instances have been pointed out where the families belonged to the upper ranks . In a ...
... fact that all the families of the name of Shakespeare belonged to the lower strata of the nation , to the yeomanry or agricultural class ; only two instances have been pointed out where the families belonged to the upper ranks . In a ...
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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...