Lectures on the Literature of the Age of Elizabeth: And Characters of Shakespear's Plays |
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... never shone out fuller or brighter , or looked more like itself , than at this period . Our writers and great men had something in them that savoured of the soil from which they grew : they were not French ; they were not Dutch , or ...
... never shone out fuller or brighter , or looked more like itself , than at this period . Our writers and great men had something in them that savoured of the soil from which they grew : they were not French ; they were not Dutch , or ...
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... never seen on earth before nor since . This shone manifestly both in His words and actions . We see it in His washing the Disciples ' feet the night before His death , that unspeak- able instance of humility and love , above all art ...
... never seen on earth before nor since . This shone manifestly both in His words and actions . We see it in His washing the Disciples ' feet the night before His death , that unspeak- able instance of humility and love , above all art ...
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... never making their appear- ance.-ED. † Printed in 1591 , folio , with curious page illustrations by Rogers . - ED . Ten books of Homer's Iliad were published in 1581 , in an English translation by Arthur Hall , M.P. for Grantham ; the ...
... never making their appear- ance.-ED. † Printed in 1591 , folio , with curious page illustrations by Rogers . - ED . Ten books of Homer's Iliad were published in 1581 , in an English translation by Arthur Hall , M.P. for Grantham ; the ...
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... never existed before : the contemplation of that , which is so created , is sufficient to satisfy the demands * I know of no poetical work by Ronsard in early English litera- ture.-ED. + Alluding , of course , to Sylvester's translation ...
... never existed before : the contemplation of that , which is so created , is sufficient to satisfy the demands * I know of no poetical work by Ronsard in early English litera- ture.-ED. + Alluding , of course , to Sylvester's translation ...
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... never mingled in the vicissitudes , the dangers , or excitements of the chase , such descriptions of hunting and other athletic games , as are to be found in Shakspeare's Midsummer Night's Dream , or Fletcher's Two Noble Kinsmen . With ...
... never mingled in the vicissitudes , the dangers , or excitements of the chase , such descriptions of hunting and other athletic games , as are to be found in Shakspeare's Midsummer Night's Dream , or Fletcher's Two Noble Kinsmen . With ...
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