Shakespeare's Autobiographical Poems: Being His Sonnets Clearly Developed: with His Character Drawn Chiefly from His Works |
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... out , - " " Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ? " while he himself was a sluggard in bed , and worse up , a willing captive in his own Castle of Indolence . Who could believe , from the Night Thoughts , that B 2 INTRODUCTION . 3.
... out , - " " Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ? " while he himself was a sluggard in bed , and worse up , a willing captive in his own Castle of Indolence . Who could believe , from the Night Thoughts , that B 2 INTRODUCTION . 3.
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... believe , from the Night Thoughts , that Young was a flattering , slavish courtier ? yet , were his biographers silent , the dedications - for above these hundred years kindly suppressed - give melancholy proof of it . On the other hand ...
... believe , from the Night Thoughts , that Young was a flattering , slavish courtier ? yet , were his biographers silent , the dedications - for above these hundred years kindly suppressed - give melancholy proof of it . On the other hand ...
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... believe that he was benefitted there with a foundation for classical study . We are told , indeed , by Aubrey , ( no good authority , I acknow- ledge , besides his being born ten years after the poet's death ) that " he understood Latin ...
... believe that he was benefitted there with a foundation for classical study . We are told , indeed , by Aubrey , ( no good authority , I acknow- ledge , besides his being born ten years after the poet's death ) that " he understood Latin ...
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... believe , and we may readily believe , he was industrious , prudent , earnest , grasping from his boyhood at all knowledge within his reach , and feeding his mind into vigour by exertion , while he strove to imitate his " English Seneca ...
... believe , and we may readily believe , he was industrious , prudent , earnest , grasping from his boyhood at all knowledge within his reach , and feeding his mind into vigour by exertion , while he strove to imitate his " English Seneca ...
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... , when alive , to ridicule ; and I am , consequently , induced to believe it was his son who was ridiculed . An allusion , not positive , to the family coat of arms seems to show that one or the other was meant 22 HIS YOUTH.
... , when alive , to ridicule ; and I am , consequently , induced to believe it was his son who was ridiculed . An allusion , not positive , to the family coat of arms seems to show that one or the other was meant 22 HIS YOUTH.
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