The Works of Shakespeare, Volume 11Macmillan and Company, limited, 1903 |
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Page 11
... morally sound , but they were coarse in habit and speech , after the manner of the time . There was as much honest and sober living as to - day ; the grossness was not a matter of character , but of expression . Men and women saw ...
... morally sound , but they were coarse in habit and speech , after the manner of the time . There was as much honest and sober living as to - day ; the grossness was not a matter of character , but of expression . Men and women saw ...
Page 12
... moral significance which such an expression would have in the nineteenth century is not only to do a grave injustice to many generations , but to betray the lack of a sound historic sense . The great dramatists who followed these early ...
... moral significance which such an expression would have in the nineteenth century is not only to do a grave injustice to many generations , but to betray the lack of a sound historic sense . The great dramatists who followed these early ...
Page 22
... moral responsibility . Greene was a born story - teller , without having any marked gift for the construction of strong and well- elaborated plots ; his study of character was neither vigorous nor convincing . Nash was , on the other ...
... moral responsibility . Greene was a born story - teller , without having any marked gift for the construction of strong and well- elaborated plots ; his study of character was neither vigorous nor convincing . Nash was , on the other ...
Page 64
... morals , although not without grave provocation to land- owners . Young men at the universities were not unfrequently detected in the same forbidden but fasci- nating sport . It is perhaps significant that Sir Peter Lucy , about this ...
... morals , although not without grave provocation to land- owners . Young men at the universities were not unfrequently detected in the same forbidden but fasci- nating sport . It is perhaps significant that Sir Peter Lucy , about this ...
Page 68
... moral weight of marriage , had taken place . The absence of any reference to the groom's family in the marriage bond makes this doubtful . These are the facts so far as they have been discovered ; it ought to be remem- bered , as part ...
... moral weight of marriage , had taken place . The absence of any reference to the groom's family in the marriage bond makes this doubtful . These are the facts so far as they have been discovered ; it ought to be remem- bered , as part ...
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