William Shakespeare, His Family and FriendsE.P. Dutton, 1904 - 521 pages |
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... open Fellowship at Queen's ; and as , very shortly afterwards , I also became a Fellow of Queen's , we were , throughout our school and college lives , very much thrown together , and , indeed , at the University were almost inseparable.
... open Fellowship at Queen's ; and as , very shortly afterwards , I also became a Fellow of Queen's , we were , throughout our school and college lives , very much thrown together , and , indeed , at the University were almost inseparable.
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... afterwards at Oxford when reading of Spinoza , what Elton had then told me about him , and was amazed at the masterly grasp got by a schoolboy of a system of philosophy so difficult and obscure . But a vague pursuit of knowledge for its ...
... afterwards at Oxford when reading of Spinoza , what Elton had then told me about him , and was amazed at the masterly grasp got by a schoolboy of a system of philosophy so difficult and obscure . But a vague pursuit of knowledge for its ...
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... afterwards made him , as a lawyer , specially erudite in curious and out - of - the - way branches of the law , displayed itself early . Whether he was ever a great historian in the common sense I am not sure , but he could describe ...
... afterwards made him , as a lawyer , specially erudite in curious and out - of - the - way branches of the law , displayed itself early . Whether he was ever a great historian in the common sense I am not sure , but he could describe ...
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... afterwards became , and he was as little given to laughter as Mr. Disraeli himself . But he had in full measure that quality which I suppose is , among the young , the most attractive of all - sense of humour . Indeed , I think he had ...
... afterwards became , and he was as little given to laughter as Mr. Disraeli himself . But he had in full measure that quality which I suppose is , among the young , the most attractive of all - sense of humour . Indeed , I think he had ...
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... afterwards Vicar of Welford . Greene , a sufficiently learned man , took an extract from the baptismal register , stating that William , son of John Shakespeare , was baptised the 26th of April , 1564 , and added in his own handwriting ...
... afterwards Vicar of Welford . Greene , a sufficiently learned man , took an extract from the baptismal register , stating that William , son of John Shakespeare , was baptised the 26th of April , 1564 , and added in his own handwriting ...
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