Read full poem →sublimer works of a supernatural cast,--Marlowe's "Faustus," the "Faust" of
Goethe, "Manfred," or even those ethereal masterpieces, "The Tempest" and
"A Midsummer Night's Dream." More than one, while otherwise unique, has
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A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.
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Poetry examples for “masterpieces”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →reading knowledge of French, and a fairly wide acquaintance with the
masterpieces of English literature from the time of Shakespeare to his
own day. In 1766 William Burness rented on borrowed money the farm of
