Essays and Reviews, Volume 2J. R. Osgood, 1878 |
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... , if we except the latter . Lyly is full of daintiness and conceit , with sweet fancy and sentiment occasionally thrown in . He translates everything into quaint expression . Thus , his Endymion professes OLD ENGLISH DRAMATISTS . 15.
... , if we except the latter . Lyly is full of daintiness and conceit , with sweet fancy and sentiment occasionally thrown in . He translates everything into quaint expression . Thus , his Endymion professes OLD ENGLISH DRAMATISTS . 15.
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Edwin Percy Whipple. everything into quaint expression . Thus , his Endymion professes that " his thoughts are stitched to the stars . " Another of his characters looks forward to the time when " it shall please the fertility of his chin ...
Edwin Percy Whipple. everything into quaint expression . Thus , his Endymion professes that " his thoughts are stitched to the stars . " Another of his characters looks forward to the time when " it shall please the fertility of his chin ...
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... expressions which " no young lady ought to read ; " but there is nothing which tends to corrupt the morals , as well as to vulgarize the speech . Virtue and vice , honesty and baseness , indulge in no coquetry in his representations ...
... expressions which " no young lady ought to read ; " but there is nothing which tends to corrupt the morals , as well as to vulgarize the speech . Virtue and vice , honesty and baseness , indulge in no coquetry in his representations ...
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... expression of his own studious habits and devotion to letters : " I that spend half my nights and all my days Here in a cell , to get a dark , pale face To come forth with the ivy or the bays , And in this age can hope no other grace ...
... expression of his own studious habits and devotion to letters : " I that spend half my nights and all my days Here in a cell , to get a dark , pale face To come forth with the ivy or the bays , And in this age can hope no other grace ...
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... expression which is exquisite . " Lov . There is no life on earth , but being in love ! There are no studies , no delights , no business , No intercourse , or trade of sense , or soul , But what is love ! I was the laziest creature ...
... expression which is exquisite . " Lov . There is no life on earth , but being in love ! There are no studies , no delights , no business , No intercourse , or trade of sense , or soul , But what is love ! I was the laziest creature ...
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