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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... never be taught . Chesterfield never seems to have recognised this . On the one hand , he drummed away on carving and blowing one's nose ; and on the other , he per- petually attempted to inculcate wit and grace and refinement by the ...
... never be taught . Chesterfield never seems to have recognised this . On the one hand , he drummed away on carving and blowing one's nose ; and on the other , he per- petually attempted to inculcate wit and grace and refinement by the ...
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... never heard before ; but merely by maintaining a progress , and resolving , as a postillion does , having once set out , never to stop , till we reach the appointed end . If a man may talk without thinking , why may not he write upon ...
... never heard before ; but merely by maintaining a progress , and resolving , as a postillion does , having once set out , never to stop , till we reach the appointed end . If a man may talk without thinking , why may not he write upon ...
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... never commonplace , never superficial , never slipshod , and never at rest . ' From the " Paradise Lost " and other works of Milton , ' he wrote to Reynolds in 1818 , ' I hope it is not too presuming , even between ourselves , to say ...
... never commonplace , never superficial , never slipshod , and never at rest . ' From the " Paradise Lost " and other works of Milton , ' he wrote to Reynolds in 1818 , ' I hope it is not too presuming , even between ourselves , to say ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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