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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... heart . " The heart , ' to use the old - fashioned phrase - there is Mrs. Inchbald's empire , there is the sphere of her glory and her command . Outside of it , her powers are weak and fluctuating . She has no firm grasp of the ...
... heart . " The heart , ' to use the old - fashioned phrase - there is Mrs. Inchbald's empire , there is the sphere of her glory and her command . Outside of it , her powers are weak and fluctuating . She has no firm grasp of the ...
Page 141
... heart ? And when thy heart began to beat , What dread hand ? and what dread feet ? So Blake engraved the verse ; and , as Mr. Sampson points out , ' the terrible , compressed force ' of the final line vanishes to nothing in the ...
... heart ? And when thy heart began to beat , What dread hand ? and what dread feet ? So Blake engraved the verse ; and , as Mr. Sampson points out , ' the terrible , compressed force ' of the final line vanishes to nothing in the ...
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... heart . And there was another element in his character which must never be for- gotten in any estimate of Walpole's relations with other people - his pride . At heart he was a complete aristocrat ; it was almost impossible for him to be ...
... heart . And there was another element in his character which must never be for- gotten in any estimate of Walpole's relations with other people - his pride . At heart he was a complete aristocrat ; it was almost impossible for him to be ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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