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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Page 145
... epigrams on Reynolds are masterpieces of virulent abuse ; the punishment which he devised for Klopstock - his impersonation of ' flaccid fluency and devout sentiment ' - is unprintable ; as for 145 ΙΟ THE POETRY OF BLAKE.
... epigrams on Reynolds are masterpieces of virulent abuse ; the punishment which he devised for Klopstock - his impersonation of ' flaccid fluency and devout sentiment ' - is unprintable ; as for 145 ΙΟ THE POETRY OF BLAKE.
Page 203
... epigrams with Lady Dorothy Nevill , he gossiped with Mr. John Morley , and some of his most charming letters are those addressed , when he was Viceroy of India , to the late Queen . He had , too , a genius for friendship , so that his ...
... epigrams with Lady Dorothy Nevill , he gossiped with Mr. John Morley , and some of his most charming letters are those addressed , when he was Viceroy of India , to the late Queen . He had , too , a genius for friendship , so that his ...
Page 227
... epigrams transfigured by passion and the highest splendours of art . One reads them , and one is filled , in a ... epigram ; it aims at producing an impression which , so far from being final , must be merely the prelude to a long series ...
... epigrams transfigured by passion and the highest splendours of art . One reads them , and one is filled , in a ... epigram ; it aims at producing an impression which , so far from being final , must be merely the prelude to a long series ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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