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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... friendship , so that his acquaintances very soon became his friends . One of his most intimate correspondents was Sir James Stephen , whom he met for the first time on the eve of his departure to India , and with whom he immediately ...
... friendship , so that his acquaintances very soon became his friends . One of his most intimate correspondents was Sir James Stephen , whom he met for the first time on the eve of his departure to India , and with whom he immediately ...
Page 267
... friends - then comes the Duke of Richmond , and hurries me down to Whitehall to dinner - then the Duchess of Grafton sends for me to loo in Upper Grosvenor Street - before I can get thither , I am begged to step to Kensington , to give ...
... friends - then comes the Duke of Richmond , and hurries me down to Whitehall to dinner - then the Duchess of Grafton sends for me to loo in Upper Grosvenor Street - before I can get thither , I am begged to step to Kensington , to give ...
Page 281
... friendship . There was no give and take about his nature ; and his vanity was such that he pre- ferred to be ... friends met on the road between Imola and Bologna . " This meeting , ' Byron wrote , ' annihilated for a moment all ...
... friendship . There was no give and take about his nature ; and his vanity was such that he pre- ferred to be ... friends met on the road between Imola and Bologna . " This meeting , ' Byron wrote , ' annihilated for a moment all ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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