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... would do it in a high style , and make a speech . " The assistance , however , which the poet rendered his father in his business , was not of long duration . He had just attained the age of eighteen , when he was married .
... would do it in a high style , and make a speech . " The assistance , however , which the poet rendered his father in his business , was not of long duration . He had just attained the age of eighteen , when he was married .
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As to French , it is certain he did not deal with translations only ; for the last line of one of his most celebrated speeches , the Seven Ages of Man , in As you like it , is imitated from a poem called the Henriade , which was first ...
As to French , it is certain he did not deal with translations only ; for the last line of one of his most celebrated speeches , the Seven Ages of Man , in As you like it , is imitated from a poem called the Henriade , which was first ...
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My answer hath been , Would that he had blotted out a thousand ! which they thought a malevolent speech . I had not told posterity this , but for their ignorance , who chose that circumstance to commend their friend by , wherein he most ...
My answer hath been , Would that he had blotted out a thousand ! which they thought a malevolent speech . I had not told posterity this , but for their ignorance , who chose that circumstance to commend their friend by , wherein he most ...
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Indeed the lameness of Lord Byron was exactly such as Shakspeare's might have been ; and I remember as a boy , that he selected those speeches for declamation , which would not constrain him to the use of such exertions as might obtrude ...
Indeed the lameness of Lord Byron was exactly such as Shakspeare's might have been ; and I remember as a boy , that he selected those speeches for declamation , which would not constrain him to the use of such exertions as might obtrude ...
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Love all , trust a few , Do wrong to none : be able for thine enemy Rather in power , than use ; and keep thy friend Under thy own life's key : be check'd for silence , But never tax'd for speech . TOO AMBITIOUS LOVE .
Love all , trust a few , Do wrong to none : be able for thine enemy Rather in power , than use ; and keep thy friend Under thy own life's key : be check'd for silence , But never tax'd for speech . TOO AMBITIOUS LOVE .
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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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