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Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The TragediesSamuel Johnson Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Introduction on Tragedies Dr. Johnson's reaction to Shakespeare's tragedies is a curious one, compounded as it is of deep emotional involvement in a few scenes in some plays and a strange...

Critical and Historical Essays. Volume 3Thomas Babington Macaulay Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) RANKE'S HISTORY OF THE POPES 1 The Edinburgh Review, October, 1840It is hardly necessary for us to say that this is an excellent book excellently translated. The original work of Pr...

A History of French LiteratureEdward Dowden A History of French Literature / Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II PREFACE French prose and French poetry had interested me during so many years that when Mr. Gosse invited me to write this book I knew that I was qualified in one parti...

The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 3Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 3 Preface For a statement of the circumstances under which the collection of Mr. Coleridge's Literary Remains was undertaken, the Reader is referred to the Pref...

A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on ShakespeareGeorge MacDonald A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare PREFACE Since printing throughout the title Orts, a doubt has arisen in my mind as to its fitting the nature of the volume. It could hardly...

Critical and Historical Essays. Volume 2Thomas Babington Macaulay Critical and Historical Essays – Volume 2 MACHIAVELLI (March 1827) Oeuvres completes de MACHIAVEL, traduites par J. V. PERIER Paris: 1825.THOSE who have attended to the practice of our literary tribunal are well aware that, by mean...

Critical and Historical Essays. Volume 1Thomas Babington Macaulay Critical and Historical Essays – Volume 1 EDITOR’S NOTE By A. J. GrieveA French student of English letters (M. Paul Oursel) has written the following lines:“Depuis deux siècles les Essais forment une branche importante de la littér...

The Age of TennysonHugh Walker The Age of Tennyson PREFACE The age of Tennyson is defined, for the purpose of the present volume, as extending from 1830 to 1870. The date selected as the beginning of the period needs no explanation; but perhaps the question may be asked why the age of Tennyson sh...

Histoire littéraire d'Italie (1Pierre Louis Ginguené Histoire littéraire d'Italie (1/9) NOTICE SUR LA VIE ET LES OUVRAGES DE M. GINGUENÉ Pierre-Louis Ginguené, né à Rennes, le 25 avril 1748, fit avec distinction ses études au collège de cette ville: il y était condisciple de Parny, au moment où l...

Histoire littéraire d'Italie (3Pierre Louis Ginguené Histoire littéraire d'Italie (3/9) PREMIÈRE PARTIE CHAPITRE XV BOCCACENotice sur sa Vie; Coup-d'œil général sur ses différents ouvrages, autres que le Décameron; en latin, Traités mythologiques, historiques, etc.; seize Églogues; en italien, Po...