One Touch of Shakespeare: Letters of Joseph Crosby to Joseph Parker Norris, 1875-1878A collection of excerpts from 251 letters written by a shy widower and grocer in Zanesville. Ohio, who, in his time, was one of three Americans who could be called learned and eminent Shakespeareans. They are concerned with book collection, stage production, stage history, the state of the English language in Shakespeare's time, criticism, and interpretation of the text. |
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... mind that he retained four decades later in the unconge- nial environment of the American Midwest.15 He won a prize at age fifteen for his translation of the Ars Poetica ( 35 ) and went on in due course in 1840 to The Queens College ...
... mind that he retained four decades later in the unconge- nial environment of the American Midwest.15 He won a prize at age fifteen for his translation of the Ars Poetica ( 35 ) and went on in due course in 1840 to The Queens College ...
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... mind as lucid as in the tranquil years of his correspondence with Norris . 34 Whatever the full story , Crosby forged his father - in - law's name to a promissory note when hard pressed in May 1884. The creditor prosecuted in July when ...
... mind as lucid as in the tranquil years of his correspondence with Norris . 34 Whatever the full story , Crosby forged his father - in - law's name to a promissory note when hard pressed in May 1884. The creditor prosecuted in July when ...
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... mind is more intent on convincing another mind , of telling the truth , of conveying an idea or picture as it appears to one — rather than of making an impression of smartness , or eloquence . " Therefore , aware that we may fall ...
... mind is more intent on convincing another mind , of telling the truth , of conveying an idea or picture as it appears to one — rather than of making an impression of smartness , or eloquence . " Therefore , aware that we may fall ...
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... mind's eye which , he told Norris half seriously , he would realize at a cost of some five or six thousand dollars if he inherited money from his father.50 He describes it in detail in letter 69 and elsewhere : . . . The text shall be ...
... mind's eye which , he told Norris half seriously , he would realize at a cost of some five or six thousand dollars if he inherited money from his father.50 He describes it in detail in letter 69 and elsewhere : . . . The text shall be ...
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... mind ; he is not always right , and he should not be thought of as an oracle , for our time or his own . But he had a sharp intelligence , an excellent philological education , energy , and an open mind . We can be grateful to him for ...
... mind ; he is not always right , and he should not be thought of as an oracle , for our time or his own . But he had a sharp intelligence , an excellent philological education , energy , and an open mind . We can be grateful to him for ...
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