A marvellous power of expression over language often distinguishes genius; but Shakespeare in his phrases seems independent of the bonds of language as of the bonds of metre.


Shakespeare: An Address (ed. 1916)


A marvellous power of expression over language often distinguishes genius; but Shakespeare in his phrases seems independent of the bonds of language...

A marvellous power of expression over language often distinguishes genius; but Shakespeare in his phrases seems independent of the bonds of language...

A marvellous power of expression over language often distinguishes genius; but Shakespeare in his phrases seems independent of the bonds of language...

A marvellous power of expression over language often distinguishes genius; but Shakespeare in his phrases seems independent of the bonds of language...