Essays Biographical and Critical: Chiefly on English PoetsMacmillan, 1856 - 475 страници |
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... probably had the University in that age sent forth ; he was proficient in the Hebrew tongue , and in all the other customary aids to a biblical theology ; and he could speak and write well in French and Italian . His acquaintance ...
... probably had the University in that age sent forth ; he was proficient in the Hebrew tongue , and in all the other customary aids to a biblical theology ; and he could speak and write well in French and Italian . His acquaintance ...
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... probably always about the same amount of literature going on in a community ; or , if there is any increase or decrease , it is but in proportion to the increase of the population . But , if by literature we mean a certain peculiar kind ...
... probably always about the same amount of literature going on in a community ; or , if there is any increase or decrease , it is but in proportion to the increase of the population . But , if by literature we mean a certain peculiar kind ...
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... probably a preference for verse ; but he had no disinclination to prose , if that article was in demand in the market . He had a store of acquirements , academic and other , that fitted him for an intelligent apprehension of whatever ...
... probably a preference for verse ; but he had no disinclination to prose , if that article was in demand in the market . He had a store of acquirements , academic and other , that fitted him for an intelligent apprehension of whatever ...
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... probably moved conveniently enough between the one relationship and the other . If his aristocratic brother - in - law , Sir Robert , could write plays with him and the like , his other brother - in - law , the tobacconist of Newgate ...
... probably moved conveniently enough between the one relationship and the other . If his aristocratic brother - in - law , Sir Robert , could write plays with him and the like , his other brother - in - law , the tobacconist of Newgate ...
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... Probably there was never such a scene of ecstasy in a theatre , as when Nell , after acting the character of a tragic princess in this play , and killing herself at the close in a grand passage of heroism and supernatural virtue , had ...
... Probably there was never such a scene of ecstasy in a theatre , as when Nell , after acting the character of a tragic princess in this play , and killing herself at the close in a grand passage of heroism and supernatural virtue , had ...
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Страница 419 - Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went to rest, Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West. Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid.
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Страница 441 - ... boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a...
Страница 366 - Then up I rose, And dragged to earth, both branch and bough with crash And merciless ravage, and the shady nook Of hazels, and the green and mossy bower, Deformed and sullied, patiently gave up Their quiet being...