University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review, Volume 61W. Curry, jun., and Company, 1863 - Ireland |
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... England's household vocabulary ; and where there is a hope of even a gleam of additional light being thrown upon the incidents of his life and the ema- nations of his mind , a long vista of darkness may be braved in the attempt . After ...
... England's household vocabulary ; and where there is a hope of even a gleam of additional light being thrown upon the incidents of his life and the ema- nations of his mind , a long vista of darkness may be braved in the attempt . After ...
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... England's poetic idol , of whose plays one hundred and fifty editions have been printed , without counting translations into foreign tongues ; and to whom , and his works , more than a thousand volumes have been devot- ed , combining ...
... England's poetic idol , of whose plays one hundred and fifty editions have been printed , without counting translations into foreign tongues ; and to whom , and his works , more than a thousand volumes have been devot- ed , combining ...
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... England , " publish- ed in 1662 , after his death , though writ- ten long before . Fuller was born in 1608 , only eight years previous to Shakespeare's exit , so that he can hardly be said to speak from personal knowledge , though some ...
... England , " publish- ed in 1662 , after his death , though writ- ten long before . Fuller was born in 1608 , only eight years previous to Shakespeare's exit , so that he can hardly be said to speak from personal knowledge , though some ...
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... England's drama , and her great dra- matic poet , had been accomplished by individuals ; and no literary associa- tion had been formed for the purpose of collecting materials by which this great national subject might be thoroughly ...
... England's drama , and her great dra- matic poet , had been accomplished by individuals ; and no literary associa- tion had been formed for the purpose of collecting materials by which this great national subject might be thoroughly ...
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... England to visit the three inland towns of Chin - keang , Kien - keang , and Hankow , which are situated on the Yang - Tsze , and to inaugurate in the presence of a few gun - boats , the exercise of the rights recently con- ferred by ...
... England to visit the three inland towns of Chin - keang , Kien - keang , and Hankow , which are situated on the Yang - Tsze , and to inaugurate in the presence of a few gun - boats , the exercise of the rights recently con- ferred by ...
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Almshouse appeared Ashton Court beauty Bithynia called Castle Catullus Chapelizod character Church convicts Crowle Cybele daughter David Wynne dear death Doctor door Drover England English eyes fancy father feeling Franklyn French genius gentleman George Raynor George Stephenson girl Greek hand head heard heart honour hour Ireland Irish Jacques Sterne Jenny Joshua Jebb king labour lady land Larch Grove less letter Lipwell living London look Lord Macaronic Machiavelli marriage ment mind morning nature ness never night noble once passed perhaps person poem poet poor present Pricetown prince prison round seems sermon Shakespeare Shandean side sort soul speak spirit Sterne Sterne's Sturk sure Taeping tell thing thought tion town turn utter verses Voltaire wife wild wish woman writing Wynne young youth
Popular passages
Page 7 - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Page 7 - ... (before) you were abused with diverse stolen and surreptitious copies, maimed and deformed by the frauds and stealths of injurious impostors that exposed them: even those are now offered to your view cured, and perfect of their limbs ; and all the rest, absolute in their numbers, as he conceived them.
Page 65 - I can never be yours, for I verily believe I have not long to live — but I have left you every shilling of my fortune ;" — upon that she showed me her will — this generosity overpowered me.
Page 163 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ...
Page 8 - Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances.
Page 160 - This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall, Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth...
Page 4 - I will rather sue to be despised than to deceive so good a commander with so slight, so drunken, and so indiscreet an officer. Drunk ? and speak parrot ? and squabble ? swagger ? swear ? and discourse fustian with one's own shadow?
Page 7 - His mind and hand went together ; and what he thought, he uttered with that easiness, that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers.
Page 25 - Notes are often necessary, but they are necessary evils. Let him that is yet unacquainted with the powers of Shakespeare, and who desires to feel the highest pleasure that the drama can give, read every play from the first scene to the last, with utter negligence of all his commentators.
Page 160 - This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed, and famous by their birth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home, (For Christian service, and true chivalry,) As is the sepulchre in stubborn Jewry, Of the world's ransom, blessed Mary's son...