Shakespeare's Scholar: Being Historical and Critical Studies of His Text, Characters, and Commentators, with an Examination of Mr. Collier's Folio of 1632D. Appleton, 1854 - 504 pages |
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... lady , however , it was not " raised on a spec ; for you need not be told that , were five editions to be sold , it would not pay me day laborer's wages for the mere time I have devoted to the preparation of it . But though the result ...
... lady , however , it was not " raised on a spec ; for you need not be told that , were five editions to be sold , it would not pay me day laborer's wages for the mere time I have devoted to the preparation of it . But though the result ...
Page xxxiii
... ladies do this now - a - days infinitely more than gentlemen . Is it possible that the trick has survived , while its mean- ing is lost ? But the value of this passage to the Shakesperian scholar is , that it shows the ignorance of the ...
... ladies do this now - a - days infinitely more than gentlemen . Is it possible that the trick has survived , while its mean- ing is lost ? But the value of this passage to the Shakesperian scholar is , that it shows the ignorance of the ...
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... lady among Shakespeare's peerless ladies , was spoken into being in vain ! In vain , for thee the glowing thoughts , the gorgeous imagery , the dainty utterance ! In vain for thee the wondrous self - develop- ment of character by ...
... lady among Shakespeare's peerless ladies , was spoken into being in vain ! In vain , for thee the glowing thoughts , the gorgeous imagery , the dainty utterance ! In vain for thee the wondrous self - develop- ment of character by ...
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... Ladies ' Magazine , chimed with the taste of the middle of the last century ; and Shakespeare was regarded as an untutored genius , sadly in need of pruning and training ; a charming , but unsophis- ticated songster , whose " native ...
... Ladies ' Magazine , chimed with the taste of the middle of the last century ; and Shakespeare was regarded as an untutored genius , sadly in need of pruning and training ; a charming , but unsophis- ticated songster , whose " native ...
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... Lady Mac- beth says : - - " Come thick night And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell ! That my keen knife see not the wound it makes ; Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark , To cry , ' Hold , hold ! ' " I correct the whole ...
... Lady Mac- beth says : - - " Come thick night And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell ! That my keen knife see not the wound it makes ; Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark , To cry , ' Hold , hold ! ' " I correct the whole ...
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