The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey, Volume 4A. and C. Black, 1890 - 439 pagina's |
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Pagina 11
... true to the duty . It was they that furnished much of the material , in the shape of preserved family letters and other documents , that enriched Mr. Page's full and excel- lent Biography of De Quincey , in two volumes , EDITOR'S PREFACE ...
... true to the duty . It was they that furnished much of the material , in the shape of preserved family letters and other documents , that enriched Mr. Page's full and excel- lent Biography of De Quincey , in two volumes , EDITOR'S PREFACE ...
Pagina 19
... true , were often delayed for weeks ; but the household chaplains of the palace were always at hand , night and day , to baptize them in the very agonies of death.1 We must presume , therefore , that William Shakspeare was born on some ...
... true , were often delayed for weeks ; but the household chaplains of the palace were always at hand , night and day , to baptize them in the very agonies of death.1 We must presume , therefore , that William Shakspeare was born on some ...
Pagina 33
... true ; but a short war will do much to efface recent and merely personal memorials . And the following circumstances of the war were even more important than the general fact . First of all , the very mansion founded by Shakspeare ...
... true ; but a short war will do much to efface recent and merely personal memorials . And the following circumstances of the war were even more important than the general fact . First of all , the very mansion founded by Shakspeare ...
Pagina 39
... true , and if we are indeed to deduce from her the stupendous intellect of her son , in that case she must have been a benefactress to her husband's family beyond the promises of fairyland or the dreams of romance ; for it is certain ...
... true , and if we are indeed to deduce from her the stupendous intellect of her son , in that case she must have been a benefactress to her husband's family beyond the promises of fairyland or the dreams of romance ; for it is certain ...
Pagina 45
... forgetfulness of true dignity , plead with the intemperance and partiality of a legal advocate for the pretensions of Shakspeare to the hereditary rank of gentleman . Both parties violate the majesty of the subject SHAKSPEARE 45.
... forgetfulness of true dignity , plead with the intemperance and partiality of a legal advocate for the pretensions of Shakspeare to the hereditary rank of gentleman . Both parties violate the majesty of the subject SHAKSPEARE 45.
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