The Works of Shakespeare, Volume 11Macmillan Company, 1904 |
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Page 17
... Italy , by virtue of its immense service in the recovery of classical thought and art , and in the production of great works of its own in literature , painting , sculpture , and archi- tecture , was the teacher of western Europe ; and ...
... Italy , by virtue of its immense service in the recovery of classical thought and art , and in the production of great works of its own in literature , painting , sculpture , and archi- tecture , was the teacher of western Europe ; and ...
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... Italian literature came into England like a flood , and , through a host of translations , some of which were of masterly quality , the intellectual inequality of a differ- ence of more than two centuries in culture was equal- ized with ...
... Italian literature came into England like a flood , and , through a host of translations , some of which were of masterly quality , the intellectual inequality of a differ- ence of more than two centuries in culture was equal- ized with ...
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... Italy through the skilful adaptation of Surrey . The integrity of the English drama was assured when the playwrights , now rapidly increasing in numbers , turned to English history and produced the long series of Chronicle plays , to ...
... Italy through the skilful adaptation of Surrey . The integrity of the English drama was assured when the playwrights , now rapidly increasing in numbers , turned to English history and produced the long series of Chronicle plays , to ...
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... Italian books of which English translations had not been made in his time . The command of French and Italian for reading pur- poses , to a boy of Shakespeare's quickness of mind . and power of rapid assimilation , with his knowledge of ...
... Italian books of which English translations had not been made in his time . The command of French and Italian for reading pur- poses , to a boy of Shakespeare's quickness of mind . and power of rapid assimilation , with his knowledge of ...
Page 38
... Italian and French . That he studied the Bible , either in the Genevan version or in the revision of 1568 , is equally apparent . His references to incidents in Biblical history and his use of Biblical phrases suggest a familiarity ...
... Italian and French . That he studied the Bible , either in the Genevan version or in the revision of 1568 , is equally apparent . His references to incidents in Biblical history and his use of Biblical phrases suggest a familiarity ...
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