The Literary Reader: Typical Selections from Some of the Best British and American Authors from Shakespeare to the Present Time Chronologically Arranged : with Biographical and Critical Sketches and Numerous Notes, Etc., Etc.,Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor,, 1879 - 426 pages |
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... King Henry VIII . of England . Being suddenly deprived of all his honors by the king , and consequently disgraced , Shakespeare rep- resents him as uttering this speech on retiring from office . HAMLET'S SOLILOQUY . - To be , or not to ...
... King Henry VIII . of England . Being suddenly deprived of all his honors by the king , and consequently disgraced , Shakespeare rep- resents him as uttering this speech on retiring from office . HAMLET'S SOLILOQUY . - To be , or not to ...
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... kings ; But mercy is above this sceptered sway , - It is enthronéd in the hearts of kings , It is an attribute to God himself ; And earthly power doth then show likest God's , When mercy seasons justice . Therefore , Jew , Though ...
... kings ; But mercy is above this sceptered sway , - It is enthronéd in the hearts of kings , It is an attribute to God himself ; And earthly power doth then show likest God's , When mercy seasons justice . Therefore , Jew , Though ...
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... kings , this sceptered isle , This earth of majesty , this seat of Mars , This other Eden , demi - paradise ; This fortress , built by Nature for herself , Against infection and the hand of war ; This happy breed of men , this little ...
... kings , this sceptered isle , This earth of majesty , this seat of Mars , This other Eden , demi - paradise ; This fortress , built by Nature for herself , Against infection and the hand of war ; This happy breed of men , this little ...
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... King William took a fancy to Swift on account of the latter's services in making the sovereign acquainted with asparagus , and offered him the command of a troop of horse . But the favor was declined . In 1694 Swift was admitted to ...
... King William took a fancy to Swift on account of the latter's services in making the sovereign acquainted with asparagus , and offered him the command of a troop of horse . But the favor was declined . In 1694 Swift was admitted to ...
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... kings , to inquire of them , if possible , what tradition they have among them of this matter ; which , as well as he could learn by those many questions which he asked them at several times , was in substance as follows . The visionary ...
... kings , to inquire of them , if possible , what tradition they have among them of this matter ; which , as well as he could learn by those many questions which he asked them at several times , was in substance as follows . The visionary ...
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