The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 4Harper, 1907 |
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Page xiv
... English . We have plenty of evidence of the currency of a popular play , " Taming of a Shrew , " in England in the time of Shakespeare . Other parts of Shakespeare's play are derived remotely from the Italian of Ariosto , and , moreover ...
... English . We have plenty of evidence of the currency of a popular play , " Taming of a Shrew , " in England in the time of Shakespeare . Other parts of Shakespeare's play are derived remotely from the Italian of Ariosto , and , moreover ...
Page xv
... English and American , will not hesitate to pronounce it veritably Shakespeare's , almost Shakespeare's worst ( the " Induc- tion " apart ) , but as certainly his as " Lear " itself ; yet will be willing to accept any well - accredited ...
... English and American , will not hesitate to pronounce it veritably Shakespeare's , almost Shakespeare's worst ( the " Induc- tion " apart ) , but as certainly his as " Lear " itself ; yet will be willing to accept any well - accredited ...
Page xvi
... English literature , perhaps finally . It lives , it takes a mortal wound at Tybalt's sword - point , it bleeds and dies . The primitive Italian tradition is , moreover , touched in another place , where Lucentio speaks to the smooth ...
... English literature , perhaps finally . It lives , it takes a mortal wound at Tybalt's sword - point , it bleeds and dies . The primitive Italian tradition is , moreover , touched in another place , where Lucentio speaks to the smooth ...
Page xviii
... English prosody ) are rare in English literature before the eighteenth cen- tury made them its lighter favourites , and peculiarly its own , the expression of its dapper and commonplace gaiety and frolic , whether in the age of Anne or ...
... English prosody ) are rare in English literature before the eighteenth cen- tury made them its lighter favourites , and peculiarly its own , the expression of its dapper and commonplace gaiety and frolic , whether in the age of Anne or ...
Page xix
... English poetry , rarely interrupted by a brief shifting to the springing foot of the trochee , is , in all its composure and simplicity , the very pace of these two great centuries . Lyrical poetry goes by in proces- sion , from the ...
... English poetry , rarely interrupted by a brief shifting to the springing foot of the trochee , is , in all its composure and simplicity , the very pace of these two great centuries . Lyrical poetry goes by in proces- sion , from the ...
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