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Page 58
... tion also is overdone , and becomes wearisome , and this use of a language which had passed away , together with the complexity and consequent confusion of the plot , are considered the chief defects of this master- piece . The " Faerie ...
... tion also is overdone , and becomes wearisome , and this use of a language which had passed away , together with the complexity and consequent confusion of the plot , are considered the chief defects of this master- piece . The " Faerie ...
Page 84
... tion . Shakespeare's works may be classified in various ways . The chronological method is full of difficulties , as it was the custom for plays to be handed about in MS . , acted Methods of and copied long before they were printed , so ...
... tion . Shakespeare's works may be classified in various ways . The chronological method is full of difficulties , as it was the custom for plays to be handed about in MS . , acted Methods of and copied long before they were printed , so ...
Page 235
... tion of the social conditions of England in his own day . His last work , Frederick the Great , came out in six volumes during the years 1858 to 1865 . In 1866 his own University of Edinburgh elected him Lord Rector , but before he ...
... tion of the social conditions of England in his own day . His last work , Frederick the Great , came out in six volumes during the years 1858 to 1865 . In 1866 his own University of Edinburgh elected him Lord Rector , but before he ...
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