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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... things which have not entered into the hearts of beasts : think of things long past , and long to come : acquaint thyself with the choragium of the stars , and consider the vast expanse beyond them . Let intellectual tubes give thee a ...
... things which have not entered into the hearts of beasts : think of things long past , and long to come : acquaint thyself with the choragium of the stars , and consider the vast expanse beyond them . Let intellectual tubes give thee a ...
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... things ; it was the discovery of the Unknown . We are still under the spell of The Ancient Mariner ; and poetry to us means , primarily , something which suggests , by means of words , mysteries and infinitudes . Thus , music and imagi ...
... things ; it was the discovery of the Unknown . We are still under the spell of The Ancient Mariner ; and poetry to us means , primarily , something which suggests , by means of words , mysteries and infinitudes . Thus , music and imagi ...
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... things so finely that we forget , as we listen to it , that these are not the only things that can be said . We parted at the gorge and cried ' Good cheer ! ' The sun was setting as I closed my door ; Methought , the spring will come ...
... things so finely that we forget , as we listen to it , that these are not the only things that can be said . We parted at the gorge and cried ' Good cheer ! ' The sun was setting as I closed my door ; Methought , the spring will come ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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