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William Shakespeare 3 Volume Set THE COMEDIES, THE HISTORIES & POEMS, TRAGEDIES

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Condition
Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No ...
Character
William Shakespeare
Ex Libris
No
Features
Excellent Condition
Genre
History
Original Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Vintage
Yes
ISBN
9781859260012
Publication Year
1993
Format
Paperback
Language
English, Spanish
Book Title
Complete Works: the Comedies, the Histories, the Tragedies
Item Height
220 mm
Author
William Shakespeare
Publisher
Aurora Publishing
Topic
Literature, Plays
Number of Pages
1088 Pages

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... in the spirit of the place, is directed more on producing an English gentleman, than a saint or a psychologist. It ripens a bishop, and extrudes a philosopher. I do not know that there is more cabalism in the Anglican than in other churches, but the Anglican clergy are identified with the aristocracy. They say here, that if you talk with a clergyman, you are sure to find him well-bred, informed and candid: he entertains your thought or your project with sympathy and praise. But if a second clergyman come in, the sympathy is at an end: two together are inaccessible to your thought, and whenever it comes to action, the clergyman invariably sides with his church. The Anglican Church is marked by the grace and good sense of its forms, by the manly grace of its clergy. The gospel it preaches is ' By taste are ye saved.' It keeps the old structures in repair, spends a world of money in music and building, and in buying Pugin ' and architectural literature. It has a general good name for amenity and mildness. It is not in ordinary a persecuting church; it is not inquisitorial, not even inquisitive; is perfectly well-bred, and can shut its eyes on all proper occasions. If you let it alone, it will let you alone. But its instinct is hostile to all change in politics, literature, or social arts. The church has not been the founder of the London University, of the Mechanics' Institutes, of the Free School, of whatever aims at diffusion of knowledge. The Platonists of Oxford are as bitter against this heresy, as Thomas Taylor.' The doctrine of the Old Testament is the religion of England.1 The first leaf of the New Testament it does not open. It believes in a Providence which does not treat with levity a pound sterling. They are neither transcenden-talists...

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Publisher
Aurora Publishing
ISBN-13
9781859260012
eBay Product ID (ePID)
87917754

Product Key Features

Publication Year
1993
Topic
Literature, Plays
Book Title
Complete Works: the Comedies, the Histories, the Tragedies
Number of Pages
1088 Pages
Language
English, Spanish
Author
William Shakespeare
Format
Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
220 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Title_Author
William Shakespeare

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