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... called in the legend of a portrait prefixed to an edition of his Homer issued by himself , was , according to the state- ment there made as to his age , born in 1559 , —according to Wood , in 1557. His birthplace seems to have been near ...
... called in the legend of a portrait prefixed to an edition of his Homer issued by himself , was , according to the state- ment there made as to his age , born in 1559 , —according to Wood , in 1557. His birthplace seems to have been near ...
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... called Augustan school , and from the success of Pope's translation , and as inevitably benefited by the reaction against that influence , which found expression in this instance in the admiration manifested for Chapman by Charles Lamb ...
... called Augustan school , and from the success of Pope's translation , and as inevitably benefited by the reaction against that influence , which found expression in this instance in the admiration manifested for Chapman by Charles Lamb ...
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... called contem- porary historical events . It has already been stated that their performance was prohibited by desire of the French ambassador , either as it is said on account of indiscretions committed in passages not remaining in the ...
... called contem- porary historical events . It has already been stated that their performance was prohibited by desire of the French ambassador , either as it is said on account of indiscretions committed in passages not remaining in the ...
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... called ' local colouring ' in political as well as social details - still less can he have intended a political double- meaning . The resemblance between the condition of Ger- many during the Interregnum and that at the beginning of the ...
... called ' local colouring ' in political as well as social details - still less can he have intended a political double- meaning . The resemblance between the condition of Ger- many during the Interregnum and that at the beginning of the ...
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... called on to perform the task , seems to have been equal to accom- plishing . This play begins as a light comedy of intrigue . The aged Duke Alphonso is bent upon marrying the fair Margaret , of whom his son is deeply enamoured . While ...
... called on to perform the task , seems to have been equal to accom- plishing . This play begins as a light comedy of intrigue . The aged Duke Alphonso is bent upon marrying the fair Margaret , of whom his son is deeply enamoured . While ...
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Page 230 - Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights, Wherein you spend your folly : There's nought in this life sweet If man were wise to see't, But only melancholy, O sweetest Melancholy...
Page 527 - O gracious God! how far have we Profaned thy heavenly gift of Poesy! Made prostitute and profligate the Muse, Debased to each obscene and impious use, Whose harmony was first ordained above, For tongues of angels and for hymns of love!
Page 204 - All, all of a piece throughout ; Thy chase had a beast in view : Thy wars brought nothing about ; Thy lovers were all untrue. 'Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new.
Page 78 - Shakspeare have neither child of their own, nor seem to be descended from any parent. They are foul Anomalies, of whom we know not whence they are sprung, nor whether they have beginning or ending. As they are without human passions, so they seem to be without human relations. They come with thunder and lightning, and vanish to airy musiC. This is all we know of them. Except Hecate, they have no names ; which heightens their mysteriousness.
Page 77 - Those originate deeds of blood and begin bad impulses to men. From the moment that their eyes first meet with Macbeth's, he is spell-bound. That meeting sways his destiny. He can never break the fascination. These witches can hurt the body ; those have power over the soul.