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... superior degree , as if it were to be an- nexed or prefixed to that of M.A. or L.L.D. The Court of Common Pleas , however , refused to hear an affidavit read , because a barrister named in it was not called Esquire . + The public ...
... superior degree , as if it were to be an- nexed or prefixed to that of M.A. or L.L.D. The Court of Common Pleas , however , refused to hear an affidavit read , because a barrister named in it was not called Esquire . + The public ...
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... superior nature . It would have been some consolation for the advocates of modern genius to be able to say , that the ancients had a Blackmore as well as the moderns , and that a Roman noble could write as sillily as an English knight ...
... superior nature . It would have been some consolation for the advocates of modern genius to be able to say , that the ancients had a Blackmore as well as the moderns , and that a Roman noble could write as sillily as an English knight ...
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... superior to a non - existence ; when the drama was not restricted by any laws either of authority or of example , and each therefore was a law to himself . Of the two , Shaks- peare perhaps derived the less assistance from his ...
... superior to a non - existence ; when the drama was not restricted by any laws either of authority or of example , and each therefore was a law to himself . Of the two , Shaks- peare perhaps derived the less assistance from his ...
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... superior genius . If this were the case , if the Athenians really were actuated by a spirit of malignity , as they certainly were by a spirit of ingratitude , when they acquiesced in the ridicule of those noble writers , who have ...
... superior genius . If this were the case , if the Athenians really were actuated by a spirit of malignity , as they certainly were by a spirit of ingratitude , when they acquiesced in the ridicule of those noble writers , who have ...
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... superior to Eschylus , cannot , I think , be ques- tioned . Not only is his tragic genius more various than that of his Athenian rival , but he excels him even in those qualities which are most his own : not only are Shakspeare's ...
... superior to Eschylus , cannot , I think , be ques- tioned . Not only is his tragic genius more various than that of his Athenian rival , but he excels him even in those qualities which are most his own : not only are Shakspeare's ...
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Page 243 - Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee, And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee.
Page 330 - Nor yet quite deserted though lonely extended, For faithful in death, his mute favourite attended,' The much-loved remains of her master defended, And chased the hill-fox and the raven away. How long didst thou think that his silence was slumber ? When the wind waved his garment, how oft didst thou start?
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Page 71 - Mr. Puff, as he knows all this, why does Sir Walter go on telling him? Puff. But the audience are not supposed to know anything of the matter, are they?
Page 286 - And we will that if any judgment be given from henceforth, contrary to the points of the Charters aforesaid, by the justices or by any other our ministers that hold plea before them against the points of the Charters, it shall be undone and holden for nought.
Page 356 - We grant, although he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holy-days, or so, As men their best apparel do.
Page 417 - ... that he has stuck his sword on his right side, that his stockings are about his heels, and that his shirt is over his breeches. When he is dressed he goes to court, comes into the drawing-room, and walking...
Page 329 - It seems as evident to me that they do some of them in certain instances reason as that they have sense, but it is only in particular ideas, just as they receive them from their senses.