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... meaning is to be given to the large part played by the ghost of the King that is dead . To us he is little more than a piece of stage paraphernalia which we accept for the sake of the play . To Shakespeare's time , on the other hand ...
... meaning is to be given to the large part played by the ghost of the King that is dead . To us he is little more than a piece of stage paraphernalia which we accept for the sake of the play . To Shakespeare's time , on the other hand ...
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... partly because he lived such a short time . I have marked several places in the letters which throw light on his convictions concerning the meaning of life . While Keats was reading so much that was excel- lent 64 THE VOICE OF BOOKS.
... partly because he lived such a short time . I have marked several places in the letters which throw light on his convictions concerning the meaning of life . While Keats was reading so much that was excel- lent 64 THE VOICE OF BOOKS.
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... meaning of a declaration of principle or a vision of truth . Whether the speaker knows it or not , most of his best illustrative material has been drawn from books . And it is well that every single one of them should come not second ...
... meaning of a declaration of principle or a vision of truth . Whether the speaker knows it or not , most of his best illustrative material has been drawn from books . And it is well that every single one of them should come not second ...
Contents
POETRY AND LIFE | 7 |
SHAKESPEARES CREED | 26 |
THE LINCOLN OF THE SECOND INAUGURAL | 43 |
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