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... suggest that Davies's epigrams deserve more attention , as evidence to the character of the two friends Shakespeare and Burbage , than the vulgar story , much more frequently quoted by biographers , from John Man- ningham's diary.2 We ...
... suggest that Davies's epigrams deserve more attention , as evidence to the character of the two friends Shakespeare and Burbage , than the vulgar story , much more frequently quoted by biographers , from John Man- ningham's diary.2 We ...
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... suggested by geography , and others suggested by history . We are what we are by reason partly of our position in what Carlyle called ' the ground - plan of the universe ' . By preordinance and first decree the sea is bound to play a ...
... suggested by geography , and others suggested by history . We are what we are by reason partly of our position in what Carlyle called ' the ground - plan of the universe ' . By preordinance and first decree the sea is bound to play a ...
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... suggested to him by reading Sir William Jones's transla- tion of the Mu'allaqat . ' It is staged just like an ... suggests an Arabic original . And not only this : the metre too is Arabic - that splendid stately rhythm called the Tawil ...
... suggested to him by reading Sir William Jones's transla- tion of the Mu'allaqat . ' It is staged just like an ... suggests an Arabic original . And not only this : the metre too is Arabic - that splendid stately rhythm called the Tawil ...
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ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191617 | 33 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191718 | 51 |
JACOB AND THE MANDRAKES BY J G FRAZER FELLOW OF | 57 |
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