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It appears to have been far from unfertile of incidents , but those incidents are
unconnected , and unexplained by any knowledge of his private feelings or
personal character . His poems , though sufficiently explicit upon his political
sentiments ...
It appears to have been far from unfertile of incidents , but those incidents are
unconnected , and unexplained by any knowledge of his private feelings or
personal character . His poems , though sufficiently explicit upon his political
sentiments ...
Page 6
For several years the prolitic invention of Shirley poured forth dramas in quick
and unfailing succession ; he appears to have lived on terms of intimacy with
many of his brother poets - - to have been universally esteemed for his gentle
manners ...
For several years the prolitic invention of Shirley poured forth dramas in quick
and unfailing succession ; he appears to have lived on terms of intimacy with
many of his brother poets - - to have been universally esteemed for his gentle
manners ...
Page 7
It appears , however , that he failed in improving the opportunities of
advancement which such patronage afforded . I never , ' he observes , affected
the ways of Hattery ; some say , I have lost my preferment by not practising that
court sin .
It appears , however , that he failed in improving the opportunities of
advancement which such patronage afforded . I never , ' he observes , affected
the ways of Hattery ; some say , I have lost my preferment by not practising that
court sin .
Page 14
... the novelists of Italy were well nigh run to their dregs : human nature itself
might almost appear to have been worked outevery shade and modification of
character had been variously combined , every incident placed in every possible
light .
... the novelists of Italy were well nigh run to their dregs : human nature itself
might almost appear to have been worked outevery shade and modification of
character had been variously combined , every incident placed in every possible
light .
Page 15
... they appear as if they were the new - born creations of his own fancy . If the
character of Shirley ' s genius is less marked , he has escaped the mannerism of
many of his predecessors ; if there is no one qualification of the dramatist in
which ...
... they appear as if they were the new - born creations of his own fancy . If the
character of Shirley ' s genius is less marked , he has escaped the mannerism of
many of his predecessors ; if there is no one qualification of the dramatist in
which ...
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| Title | Quarterly Review, Volume 49 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1833 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 14 Aug 2007 |
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