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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... certainly great , though it was not great enough ; and his foresight was proved by the disaster which followed when his advice was neglected . His conflict with George Grenville in the preceding year shows even more clearly how capable ...
... certainly great , though it was not great enough ; and his foresight was proved by the disaster which followed when his advice was neglected . His conflict with George Grenville in the preceding year shows even more clearly how capable ...
Page 267
... certainly were - which he showed in social intercourse , were caused by an excess of this quality of sensitiveness rather than by a lack of genuine feeling . His angry , cutting sentences , his constant mockery of his enemies , his ...
... certainly were - which he showed in social intercourse , were caused by an excess of this quality of sensitiveness rather than by a lack of genuine feeling . His angry , cutting sentences , his constant mockery of his enemies , his ...
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... certainly took away all sen- sation .... Balmerino certainly died with the intrepidity of a hero , but with the insensibility of one too . As he walked from his prison to execution , seeing every window and top of house filled with ...
... certainly took away all sen- sation .... Balmerino certainly died with the intrepidity of a hero , but with the insensibility of one too . As he walked from his prison to execution , seeing every window and top of house filled with ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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