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... critics believe , The Comedy of Errors may have come between . The earli- est reference to it that has been found is in Meres's list of 1598 , in which it is the first of the six comedies mentioned . The play is well printed in the ...
... critics believe , The Comedy of Errors may have come between . The earli- est reference to it that has been found is in Meres's list of 1598 , in which it is the first of the six comedies mentioned . The play is well printed in the ...
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... distinguished , “ as being of a different stamp from the rest ; " but this view was refuted by Johnson , and has been rejected by all succeeding critics ΙΟ Two Gentlemen of Verona The Sources of the Plot General Comments on the Play.
... distinguished , “ as being of a different stamp from the rest ; " but this view was refuted by Johnson , and has been rejected by all succeeding critics ΙΟ Two Gentlemen of Verona The Sources of the Plot General Comments on the Play.
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William Shakespeare. Johnson , and has been rejected by all succeeding critics . On the contrary , as Verplanck remarks , " The play is full of undeniable marks of the author in its strong resemblance in taste and style to his earlier ...
William Shakespeare. Johnson , and has been rejected by all succeeding critics . On the contrary , as Verplanck remarks , " The play is full of undeniable marks of the author in its strong resemblance in taste and style to his earlier ...
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... criticism of Judge Blackstone , whose legally trained acuteness has done for Shakespeare almost as much as the clearness and gracefulness of a style acquired in the best school of English literature has contributed to methodizing and ...
... criticism of Judge Blackstone , whose legally trained acuteness has done for Shakespeare almost as much as the clearness and gracefulness of a style acquired in the best school of English literature has contributed to methodizing and ...
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... criticism may still find ample cause for ob- jection . But it is now too late to protest against the improbability or the ... critics , will always be read and studied with deeper interest than it can probably excite as a mere literary ...
... criticism may still find ample cause for ob- jection . But it is now too late to protest against the improbability or the ... critics , will always be read and studied with deeper interest than it can probably excite as a mere literary ...
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Page 64 - Flatter and praise, commend, extol their graces : Though ne'er so black, say they have angels' faces. That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, If with his tongue he cannot win a woman.
Page 46 - Made use and fair advantage of his days: His years but young, but his experience old; His head unmellow'd , but his judgment ripe ; And, in a word, (for far behind his worth Come all the praises that I now bestow) He is complete in feature, and in mind, With all good grace to grace a gentleman. Duke. Beshrewme, Sir, but, if he make this good , He is as worthy for an empress' love , As meet to be an emperor's counsellor.
Page 84 - Who is Silvia ? what is she, That all our swains commend her ? Holy, fair, and wise is she, The heaven such grace did lend her, That she might admired be.
Page 57 - The current, that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage; But, when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage, And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to- the wild ocean.
Page 102 - This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods, I better brook than flourishing peopled towns : Here can I sit alone, unseen of any, And, to the nightingale's complaining notes, Tune my distresses, and record my woes.
Page 150 - For joy of offer'd peace: but I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Page 185 - O mighty Caesar! dost thou lie so low? Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure?
Page 188 - Such was the exquisite performance, as, beside the pomp, splendor, or what we may call apparelling of such presentments, that alone (had all else been absent) was of power to surprise with delight, and steal away the spectators from themselves.