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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... speaking . The blasé critic might well prick up his ears . How very rarely has a King been heard to speak on any stage ! Yet that was what this King , unmistakably , was doing . He was neither mouthing , nor gesticulating , nor rolling ...
... speaking . The blasé critic might well prick up his ears . How very rarely has a King been heard to speak on any stage ! Yet that was what this King , unmistakably , was doing . He was neither mouthing , nor gesticulating , nor rolling ...
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... speak out most clearly when they are most moved , so that their words , at the height of passion , have an intensity of directness unknown in actual life . In such moments , the phrases that leap to their lips quiver and glow with the ...
... speak out most clearly when they are most moved , so that their words , at the height of passion , have an intensity of directness unknown in actual life . In such moments , the phrases that leap to their lips quiver and glow with the ...
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... speaking . ' My situation soon grew disagreeable and embarrassing ; and I resolved to return to my chamber till ... speak than he was to hear . ' Just as I reached the door , turning to me hastily , he said , " Are you going , Miss ...
... speaking . ' My situation soon grew disagreeable and embarrassing ; and I resolved to return to my chamber till ... speak than he was to hear . ' Just as I reached the door , turning to me hastily , he said , " Are you going , Miss ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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