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Of these The Tempest , however it comes to be placed the first by former publishers of his works , can never have been first written by him : it seems to me as perfect in its kind as almost anything we have of his .
Of these The Tempest , however it comes to be placed the first by former publishers of his works , can never have been first written by him : it seems to me as perfect in its kind as almost anything we have of his .
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Clytemnestra was a wicked woman and had deserved to die , nay , in the truth of the story she was killed by her own son ; but to represent an action of this kind upon the stage is certainly an offence against those rules of manners ...
Clytemnestra was a wicked woman and had deserved to die , nay , in the truth of the story she was killed by her own son ; but to represent an action of this kind upon the stage is certainly an offence against those rules of manners ...
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... and chief languages , Hebrew , Greek , Latin , Syriac , Arabic , Italian , Spanish , and French : so there are eight notable several kinds of Poets , Heroic , Lyric , Tragic , Comic , Satiric , Iambic , Elegiac , and Pastoral .
... and chief languages , Hebrew , Greek , Latin , Syriac , Arabic , Italian , Spanish , and French : so there are eight notable several kinds of Poets , Heroic , Lyric , Tragic , Comic , Satiric , Iambic , Elegiac , and Pastoral .
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Contents
EARLY BIOGRAPHY AND ANECDOTE | 1 |
CRITICISM AND REPUTATION AMONG | 49 |
SOCIAL STANDING AND PERSONAL REP | 94 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Materials for the Life of Shakespeare |
| Editor | Pierce Butler |
| Compiled by | Pierce Butler |
| Publisher | University of North Carolina Press, 1930 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 200 pages |
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