The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey, Volume 4A. and C. Black, 1890 - 439 pagina's |
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Pagina 3
... speak for itself . The deliberations at the Priory , Chester , resulted , as we know , in his being sent to Oxford in the end of 1803 , to make the most of University life there on an allowance of £ 100 a year . From this point forward ...
... speak for itself . The deliberations at the Priory , Chester , resulted , as we know , in his being sent to Oxford in the end of 1803 , to make the most of University life there on an allowance of £ 100 a year . From this point forward ...
Pagina 22
... speak of Lear as an obscure piece , recommended to his notice by a friend , " of which we must be allowed to doubt , was then uttering a conscious falsehood . It happens that Lear was one of the few Shakspearian dramas which had kept ...
... speak of Lear as an obscure piece , recommended to his notice by a friend , " of which we must be allowed to doubt , was then uttering a conscious falsehood . It happens that Lear was one of the few Shakspearian dramas which had kept ...
Pagina 23
... speak sneeringly of Tasso . To this , which was a bold act for his timid mind , he was emboldened by the countenance of Boileau . Of the elder Italian authors , such as Ariosto , and , a fortiori , Dante , he knew absolutely nothing ...
... speak sneeringly of Tasso . To this , which was a bold act for his timid mind , he was emboldened by the countenance of Boileau . Of the elder Italian authors , such as Ariosto , and , a fortiori , Dante , he knew absolutely nothing ...
Pagina 24
... speaking of natural geniuses as distinct from geniuses of the exact and artificial order , says , " Our countryman Shakspeare was a remarkable instance of this first kind of geniuses " ; and in Spectator No. 419 , where Addison is ...
... speaking of natural geniuses as distinct from geniuses of the exact and artificial order , says , " Our countryman Shakspeare was a remarkable instance of this first kind of geniuses " ; and in Spectator No. 419 , where Addison is ...
Pagina 28
... Speaking of him as an author , we must remember that the Eikon Basiliké is still unappropriated ; that question is still open . But , supposing the king's claim negatived , still , in his controversy with Henderson , in his nego ...
... Speaking of him as an author , we must remember that the Eikon Basiliké is still unappropriated ; that question is still open . But , supposing the king's claim negatived , still , in his controversy with Henderson , in his nego ...
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