Literary EssaysA companion volume to Biographical Essays, this collection of twenty-five pieces includes two of Strachey's finest critical essays, "Shakespeare's Final Period" and "English Letter Writers." Index. |
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... begins . He knew little or nothing of general laws ; but his interest in isolated phenomena was intense . And the more singular the phenomena , the more he was attracted . He was always ready to begin some strange inquiry . He cannot ...
... begins . He knew little or nothing of general laws ; but his interest in isolated phenomena was intense . And the more singular the phenomena , the more he was attracted . He was always ready to begin some strange inquiry . He cannot ...
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... begins with revenge and rage , until she reaches the extremity of virulent resolution ; and then her mind begins to waver , and she finally orders the execution of the man she loves , in a contorted agony of speech . But , as a rule ...
... begins with revenge and rage , until she reaches the extremity of virulent resolution ; and then her mind begins to waver , and she finally orders the execution of the man she loves , in a contorted agony of speech . But , as a rule ...
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... begins to slope forward over you in a black and solid mass , without any crevice in its surface , and overshadows half the area below with its dreadful canopy . When I stood at ( I be- lieve ) full four yards distance from its foot ...
... begins to slope forward over you in a black and solid mass , without any crevice in its surface , and overshadows half the area below with its dreadful canopy . When I stood at ( I be- lieve ) full four yards distance from its foot ...
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SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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