Shakspeare and His TimesHarper, 1864 - 360 pages |
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... liberty , a relative abundance ; this is all that the peo- ple seek to derive from those festivities which they are able to provide for themselves — these are all the enjoyments which it is in their power to procure . And yet these men ...
... liberty , a relative abundance ; this is all that the peo- ple seek to derive from those festivities which they are able to provide for themselves — these are all the enjoyments which it is in their power to procure . And yet these men ...
Page 14
... liberty is lost ; the caprices which he has attempted to satisfy will weigh upon him like a chain , from which he will be unable to free himself ; talent , which is entitled to command all , will find itself subject to the minority ...
... liberty is lost ; the caprices which he has attempted to satisfy will weigh upon him like a chain , from which he will be unable to free himself ; talent , which is entitled to command all , will find itself subject to the minority ...
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... liberty , public order , literature - noth- ing has been developed among us without long - continued effort , in the midst of incessantly - renewed struggles , and under the most diversified influences . Amid this mighty and agitated ...
... liberty , public order , literature - noth- ing has been developed among us without long - continued effort , in the midst of incessantly - renewed struggles , and under the most diversified influences . Amid this mighty and agitated ...
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... liberty of thought and repose of life - these are the circumstances of which dramatic poetry has need , in order to shine with its full splendor . These circumstances never combined so com- pletely or so harmoniously among modern ...
... liberty of thought and repose of life - these are the circumstances of which dramatic poetry has need , in order to shine with its full splendor . These circumstances never combined so com- pletely or so harmoniously among modern ...
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... liberty , were repressed without effort by a power under whose protection the people had too re- cently been sheltered to entertain any great fear of its en- croachments . No periods are perhaps more favorable to the fertility and ...
... liberty , were repressed without effort by a power under whose protection the people had too re- cently been sheltered to entertain any great fear of its en- croachments . No periods are perhaps more favorable to the fertility and ...
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