The Poetical Decameron, Or, Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry: Particularly of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I.A. Constable & Company, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page xxviii
... recollect that passage in Hamlet , as excellent in the sentiment as appropriate in the expression of it , " ' There's a divinity that shapes our ends , Rough - hew them how we will . ” - 1 It seems to want no remark ; but what do you ...
... recollect that passage in Hamlet , as excellent in the sentiment as appropriate in the expression of it , " ' There's a divinity that shapes our ends , Rough - hew them how we will . ” - 1 It seems to want no remark ; but what do you ...
Page xxix
... recollect the very expressions of this paltry pretender ( added Elliot ) : he is alluding to the trade of ... recollects the profession of Shakespeare's father , will admit that his son might be no stranger to such a term . I have seen ...
... recollect the very expressions of this paltry pretender ( added Elliot ) : he is alluding to the trade of ... recollects the profession of Shakespeare's father , will admit that his son might be no stranger to such a term . I have seen ...
Page xxx
... recollected the note immediately after you repeated the first sentence ; and I remember too , that Dr. Drake , in his late volumes on Shakespeare and his times , quotes it with as much solemnity as Steevens inserts it . Dr. Drake's work ...
... recollected the note immediately after you repeated the first sentence ; and I remember too , that Dr. Drake , in his late volumes on Shakespeare and his times , quotes it with as much solemnity as Steevens inserts it . Dr. Drake's work ...
Page xxxvii
... recollect that some rare tracts that have no immediate interest are often not unimportant as illustrating the state of feeling , opinion , or society at the time they were written .. I agree with you thus far , that mere rarity ...
... recollect that some rare tracts that have no immediate interest are often not unimportant as illustrating the state of feeling , opinion , or society at the time they were written .. I agree with you thus far , that mere rarity ...
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... recollect any poem or play by Chapman , which has verses prefixed by friends " proclaiming life to his holy fury . " It is in omitting such pieces before prose works that Ritson's compilation is principally defective . MORTON . The ...
... recollect any poem or play by Chapman , which has verses prefixed by friends " proclaiming life to his holy fury . " It is in omitting such pieces before prose works that Ritson's compilation is principally defective . MORTON . The ...
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