Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Shakespeare” in entry dana-richard-henry of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...ican poetical compositions.
Mr. Dana's writings were always marked by great delicacy and grace and strong individuality.
Among his most valuable prose compositions were a series of lectures upon Shakespeare , ten in number, delivered in the winter of 1839-40 in the cities of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia.
After 1833 Mr. Dana wrote but little.
He died in Boston, Feb. 2, 1879.
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