Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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... Shakespeare were not . Antæus was suffocated by the grip of Hercules , but every time he touched his mother earth , his strength was renewed . Man is the broken giant , and in all his weakness , both his body and his mind are ...
... Shakespeare were not . Antæus was suffocated by the grip of Hercules , but every time he touched his mother earth , his strength was renewed . Man is the broken giant , and in all his weakness , both his body and his mind are ...
Page 75
... Shakespeare ? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin , or Washington , or Bacon , or Newton ? Every ... Shakespeare will never be made by the study of Shakespeare . Do that which is assigned thee , and thou canst not hope ...
... Shakespeare ? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin , or Washington , or Bacon , or Newton ? Every ... Shakespeare will never be made by the study of Shakespeare . Do that which is assigned thee , and thou canst not hope ...
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... Shakespeare , in Milton . They are content with truth . They use the positive degree . They seem frigid and phlegmatic to those who have been spiced with the frantic passion and violent coloring of inferior , but popular writers . For ...
... Shakespeare , in Milton . They are content with truth . They use the positive degree . They seem frigid and phlegmatic to those who have been spiced with the frantic passion and violent coloring of inferior , but popular writers . For ...
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