Lectures on the Literature of the Age of Elizabeth: And Characters of Shakespear's Plays |
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... imagination and fiction was not ( from an obvious ground of separation ) so direct or frequent as that which was made of the classical and romantic literature . For much about the same time , the rich and fascinat- ing stores of the ...
... imagination and fiction was not ( from an obvious ground of separation ) so direct or frequent as that which was made of the classical and romantic literature . For much about the same time , the rich and fascinat- ing stores of the ...
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... imagination of the dreaming speculator . Fairyland was realised in new and unknown worlds . " Fortunate fields and groves and flowery vales , thrice happy isles , " were found floating , " like those Hesperian gardens famed of old ...
... imagination of the dreaming speculator . Fairyland was realised in new and unknown worlds . " Fortunate fields and groves and flowery vales , thrice happy isles , " were found floating , " like those Hesperian gardens famed of old ...
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... imagination , close behind it , caught at and clung to the shape of danger , or " snatched a wild and fearful joy " from its escape . The accidents of nature were less provided against ; the ex- cesses of the passions and of lawless ...
... imagination , close behind it , caught at and clung to the shape of danger , or " snatched a wild and fearful joy " from its escape . The accidents of nature were less provided against ; the ex- cesses of the passions and of lawless ...
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... imagination of the ardent and the young . They were borderers on the savage state , on the times of war and bigotry , though in the lap of arts , of luxury , and knowledge . They stood on the shore and saw the billows rolling after the ...
... imagination of the ardent and the young . They were borderers on the savage state , on the times of war and bigotry , though in the lap of arts , of luxury , and knowledge . They stood on the shore and saw the billows rolling after the ...
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... imagination , and hints for thought . Like the costume * Printed in 1606 , 4to , but written during the reign of Eliza- beth . It is a shrewd and lively dramatic satire on many of the poets and playwrights of the period , like the Great ...
... imagination , and hints for thought . Like the costume * Printed in 1606 , 4to , but written during the reign of Eliza- beth . It is a shrewd and lively dramatic satire on many of the poets and playwrights of the period , like the Great ...
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