Literary Essays25 essays from the Victorian and Edwardian literary critic. |
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... persons who , with the exception of the Venetian lady , Disdemona , are not even named , are furnished with a few crude and obvious qualities , and then set off into action . The Moor , we are told , was ' molto valoroso , ' he was ...
... persons who , with the exception of the Venetian lady , Disdemona , are not even named , are furnished with a few crude and obvious qualities , and then set off into action . The Moor , we are told , was ' molto valoroso , ' he was ...
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... persons have short necks , long feet , and loose bellies ? ' ' Marcus Antoninus Philosophus , ' he notes in his commonplace book , ' wanted not the advice of the best physicians ; yet how warrantable his practice was , to take his ...
... persons have short necks , long feet , and loose bellies ? ' ' Marcus Antoninus Philosophus , ' he notes in his commonplace book , ' wanted not the advice of the best physicians ; yet how warrantable his practice was , to take his ...
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... persons of the drama may have a place to meet in and make their speeches . The ' three unities ' and the rest of the ' rules ' are a burden which the English reader finds himself quite unaccustomed to carry ; he grows impatient of them ...
... persons of the drama may have a place to meet in and make their speeches . The ' three unities ' and the rest of the ' rules ' are a burden which the English reader finds himself quite unaccustomed to carry ; he grows impatient of them ...
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SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
RABELAIS The New Statesman Feb 16 1918 CHARAC | 31 |
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