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Page xxii
The gentle Shakspeare " seems to have been his distinguishing appellation . No slight portion of our enthusiasm for his writings , may be traced to the fair picture which they present of our author's character : we love the tenderness ...
The gentle Shakspeare " seems to have been his distinguishing appellation . No slight portion of our enthusiasm for his writings , may be traced to the fair picture which they present of our author's character : we love the tenderness ...
Page xxx
... that rendered the youth unfit to appear as the representative of the gentle Imogen , he was skilled in the knowledge of the stage , and capable of doing justice to the princely sentiments of Arviragus or Guiderius .
... that rendered the youth unfit to appear as the representative of the gentle Imogen , he was skilled in the knowledge of the stage , and capable of doing justice to the princely sentiments of Arviragus or Guiderius .
Page xxxv
He was , indeed , honest , and of an open and free nature , had an excellent fancy , brave notions , and gentle expressions ; wherein he flowed with that felicity , that sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped : Sufflaminandus ...
He was , indeed , honest , and of an open and free nature , had an excellent fancy , brave notions , and gentle expressions ; wherein he flowed with that felicity , that sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped : Sufflaminandus ...
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... beloved Master William Shakspeare , that we have derived the two most endearing appellations , the " Gentle Shakspeare , " and " Sweet Swan of Avon ; " by which our poet has been known and characterized for nearly two centuries .
... beloved Master William Shakspeare , that we have derived the two most endearing appellations , the " Gentle Shakspeare , " and " Sweet Swan of Avon ; " by which our poet has been known and characterized for nearly two centuries .
Page lv
... to have uniformly connected his name with the epithets worthy , gentle , or beloved ; nor was he backward in returning this esteem , many of his sonnets indicating the warmth with which he cherished the remembrance of his friends .
... to have uniformly connected his name with the epithets worthy , gentle , or beloved ; nor was he backward in returning this esteem , many of his sonnets indicating the warmth with which he cherished the remembrance of his friends .
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| Title | The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from Each Play, with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Compiled by | William Dodd |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson, 1849 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 4 May 2010 |
| Length | 345 pages |
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