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 139
... present time has contained a multitude of textual errors which , in the case of any other writer of equal eminence , would have been well- nigh inconceivable . The great majority of these errors were not the result of accident : they ...
... present time has contained a multitude of textual errors which , in the case of any other writer of equal eminence , would have been well- nigh inconceivable . The great majority of these errors were not the result of accident : they ...
Page 198
... present a spectacle widely different from any that in the seventeenth century England could show . ' They do indeed . The style is the mirror of the mind , and Macaulay's style is that of a debater . The hard points are driven home like ...
... present a spectacle widely different from any that in the seventeenth century England could show . ' They do indeed . The style is the mirror of the mind , and Macaulay's style is that of a debater . The hard points are driven home like ...
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... present writing , being five o'clock in the afternoon , had found occasion to say to me- " Mr . Cowper , you have not spoken since I came in , have you resolved never to speak again ? " it would be but a poor reply , if in answer I ...
... present writing , being five o'clock in the afternoon , had found occasion to say to me- " Mr . Cowper , you have not spoken since I came in , have you resolved never to speak again ? " it would be but a poor reply , if in answer I ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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