The Quarterly review, Volume 49Murray, 1833 |
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... seems to operate upon taste , as upon everything else connected with our mortal state ; at this period , however , its fate was inevitable . Unless the drama could have taken higher ground , -unless , from an amusement it could have ...
... seems to operate upon taste , as upon everything else connected with our mortal state ; at this period , however , its fate was inevitable . Unless the drama could have taken higher ground , -unless , from an amusement it could have ...
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... seems to have met with success , and probably determined at once the future destination of Shirley . He had protested in his prologue , and at the time , perhaps , in perfect sincerity , - This play is The first fruits of a muse , that ...
... seems to have met with success , and probably determined at once the future destination of Shirley . He had protested in his prologue , and at the time , perhaps , in perfect sincerity , - This play is The first fruits of a muse , that ...
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entry in the office - book of Sir Henry Herbert , who latterly seems to have turned somewhat of a precisian . ' Shirley was twice married , and had several children , but of the birth or quality of his two wives we know nothing , though ...
entry in the office - book of Sir Henry Herbert , who latterly seems to have turned somewhat of a precisian . ' Shirley was twice married , and had several children , but of the birth or quality of his two wives we know nothing , though ...
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... seem to succeed to a mine , of which the wealth had been completely exhausted - a land , of which every nook and corner had been explored and cultivated to its utmost height of pro- ductiveness . Every source from which dramatic ...
... seem to succeed to a mine , of which the wealth had been completely exhausted - a land , of which every nook and corner had been explored and cultivated to its utmost height of pro- ductiveness . Every source from which dramatic ...
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... seems to write for an audi- ence accustomed to sup full of horrors . There is a prodigality of crime , a profuse pouring forth of blood , not altogether in the coarse and King Cambyses ' manner of the older school , but still crowded ...
... seems to write for an audi- ence accustomed to sup full of horrors . There is a prodigality of crime , a profuse pouring forth of blood , not altogether in the coarse and King Cambyses ' manner of the older school , but still crowded ...
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Page 85 - ON either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the wold and meet the sky ; And thro' the field the road runs by To many-tower'd Camelot ; And up and down the people go, Gazing where the lilies blow Round an island there below, The island of Shalott. Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver Thro...
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