Shakspere: His Times and Contemporariesauthor, 1861 - 80 pages |
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... reader . For , as WILLIAM OLDYS , the antiquary , well observes : - " How many readers are there who would be glad of attaining to knowledge the shortest way , seeing the orb thereof is swollen to such mag- nitude , and life but a span ...
... reader . For , as WILLIAM OLDYS , the antiquary , well observes : - " How many readers are there who would be glad of attaining to knowledge the shortest way , seeing the orb thereof is swollen to such mag- nitude , and life but a span ...
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... readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life . His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places , unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions , which can operate upon ...
... readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life . His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places , unpractised by the rest of the world ; by the peculiarities of studies or professions , which can operate upon ...
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... reader , look Not on his picture , but his book . " -that True , it is in " his book " —the invaluable legacy he has left us- we have the truest picture of the " gentle Shakspere : " the firm friend of every virtue and accomplishment ...
... reader , look Not on his picture , but his book . " -that True , it is in " his book " —the invaluable legacy he has left us- we have the truest picture of the " gentle Shakspere : " the firm friend of every virtue and accomplishment ...
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... readers an earnest desire to provide themselves with the standard writings of the Elizabethan worthies , my humble labours will not be in vain . A new world of delight will be opened to them ; mental riches in which the soul of the ...
... readers an earnest desire to provide themselves with the standard writings of the Elizabethan worthies , my humble labours will not be in vain . A new world of delight will be opened to them ; mental riches in which the soul of the ...
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... Reader ! are there no sports with which thou art apt to indulge thyself , which cause misery to that animated nature towards which thou art nearer related than thou wottest of ? But the amusement of the people which most concerns us in ...
... Reader ! are there no sports with which thou art apt to indulge thyself , which cause misery to that animated nature towards which thou art nearer related than thou wottest of ? But the amusement of the people which most concerns us in ...
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