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And , unless some of the same spirit that elevated he poet , elevate the reader too , he must not presume to talk of taste and elegance ; he will prove a ...
And , unless some of the same spirit that elevated he poet , elevate the reader too , he must not presume to talk of taste and elegance ; he will prove a ...
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In those ruder ages , the spirit of Robin Hood was yet abroad , and deer and coney - stealing classed , with robbing orchards , among the more adventurous ...
In those ruder ages , the spirit of Robin Hood was yet abroad , and deer and coney - stealing classed , with robbing orchards , among the more adventurous ...
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... high spirits might mislead him ; but the principles and the affections never swerved from what was right . Against such a person , the extreme severity ...
... high spirits might mislead him ; but the principles and the affections never swerved from what was right . Against such a person , the extreme severity ...
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Might he not have been actuated by that absurd spirit of refinement , which is only too common among the writers of biography , as well as history ...
Might he not have been actuated by that absurd spirit of refinement , which is only too common among the writers of biography , as well as history ...
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This sarcasm , however , was nothing more than the unwarranted effusion of a dissolute and disappointed spirit . Greene was a bad man .
This sarcasm , however , was nothing more than the unwarranted effusion of a dissolute and disappointed spirit . Greene was a bad man .
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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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