Shakspere: His Times and Contemporariesauthor, 1861 - 80 pages |
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Page 17
... five long acts . " It was not as a mere Jew or Hebrew that the bard held up Shylock to the detestation of his countrymen ; but as the avaricious money - lender , the heartless creditor ; the genuine representative of a too numerous ...
... five long acts . " It was not as a mere Jew or Hebrew that the bard held up Shylock to the detestation of his countrymen ; but as the avaricious money - lender , the heartless creditor ; the genuine representative of a too numerous ...
Page 40
... five and - twenty centuries before ? Were not the moon and stars as glorious in the heavens as when a Hesiod or a Virgil sang ? Why should not they also look on the great book of nature everywhere opened around them , and oby the ...
... five and - twenty centuries before ? Were not the moon and stars as glorious in the heavens as when a Hesiod or a Virgil sang ? Why should not they also look on the great book of nature everywhere opened around them , and oby the ...
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... five acts ; is in regular blank verse ; and contains some excellent writing . The classical models afforded by the Greek dramatists have been patterned after , especially in the introduction of a chorus . The first three acts of this ...
... five acts ; is in regular blank verse ; and contains some excellent writing . The classical models afforded by the Greek dramatists have been patterned after , especially in the introduction of a chorus . The first three acts of this ...
Page 45
... five and a half from Warwick . It is principally the property of Mark Philips , Esq . , who for fifteen years had the honour to repre- sent Manchester in Parliament . Mr. Philips resides on the estate , like a good landlord , attending ...
... five and a half from Warwick . It is principally the property of Mark Philips , Esq . , who for fifteen years had the honour to repre- sent Manchester in Parliament . Mr. Philips resides on the estate , like a good landlord , attending ...
Page 49
... five or six months . Next followed the gifted William , baptized April 26th , 1564 ; most probably at that fine old massive fount which certain ignorant churchwardens would not shelter in the church ; and which old Kemp , the sexton of ...
... five or six months . Next followed the gifted William , baptized April 26th , 1564 ; most probably at that fine old massive fount which certain ignorant churchwardens would not shelter in the church ; and which old Kemp , the sexton of ...
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