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Encyclopedia: 1914 in literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | See also: 1913 in literature, other events of 1914, 1915 in literature, list of years in literature. |
 | | Wave after wave of succeeding literature has rolled over them, until they are buried so deep, that it is only now and then that some industrious diver after fragments of antiquity brings up a specimen for the gratification of the curious. |
 | | Such is the case with Shakspeare, whom we behold defying the encroachments of time, retaining in modern use the language and literature of his day, and giving duration to many an indifferent author, merely from having flourished in his vicinity. |
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