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The third child , and the eldest son of this union , was the celebrated subject of the present memoirs . WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE was born on the 23d of April , 1564 , and baptized on the 26th of the same month . At the time of the birth of ...
The third child , and the eldest son of this union , was the celebrated subject of the present memoirs . WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE was born on the 23d of April , 1564 , and baptized on the 26th of the same month . At the time of the birth of ...
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The above relation , if it be true , presents us with a most unfavorable picture of the manners and morals ... We can scarcely , at the present day , form a correct and impartial judgment of a subsequent offence , in which these ...
The above relation , if it be true , presents us with a most unfavorable picture of the manners and morals ... We can scarcely , at the present day , form a correct and impartial judgment of a subsequent offence , in which these ...
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This violation of the rights of property , must not , however , be estimated with the rigor which would at the present day attach to a similar offence . In those ruder ages , the spirit of Robin Hood was yet abroad , and deer and coney ...
This violation of the rights of property , must not , however , be estimated with the rigor which would at the present day attach to a similar offence . In those ruder ages , the spirit of Robin Hood was yet abroad , and deer and coney ...
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But it would , at the present day , puzzle the ingenuity of an Edipus , to determine which was most likely to afford the fairest estimate of her worth . - - The contest between Shakspeare and Sir Thomas Lucy WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . xxi ,
But it would , at the present day , puzzle the ingenuity of an Edipus , to determine which was most likely to afford the fairest estimate of her worth . - - The contest between Shakspeare and Sir Thomas Lucy WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . xxi ,
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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 of heart — the candor and openness , and singleness of mind - the largeness ...
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 of heart — the candor and openness , and singleness of mind - the largeness ...
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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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