William Shakespeare: A Literary BiographyG. Bell and sons, 1888 - 587 pages |
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... Sonnet 93 . Even Mr. Halliwell - Phillipps ( Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare , 6th edition , i . p . xix ) , who professes merely " to furnish the reader with an authentic collection of all the known facts , " has nevertheless to ...
... Sonnet 93 . Even Mr. Halliwell - Phillipps ( Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare , 6th edition , i . p . xix ) , who professes merely " to furnish the reader with an authentic collection of all the known facts , " has nevertheless to ...
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... sonnets only for patrons and intimate friends . Never was a poet more indif- And his family also did ferent about his own celebrity . nothing in honour of his memory , with the exception of erecting the rather stately memorial tablet to ...
... sonnets only for patrons and intimate friends . Never was a poet more indif- And his family also did ferent about his own celebrity . nothing in honour of his memory , with the exception of erecting the rather stately memorial tablet to ...
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... Sonnet " has been interpreted as a confirmation of the statement . We there find the words : - That's for thyself to breed another thee , Or ten times happier , be it ten for one ; Ten times thyself were happier than thou art , If ten ...
... Sonnet " has been interpreted as a confirmation of the statement . We there find the words : - That's for thyself to breed another thee , Or ten times happier , be it ten for one ; Ten times thyself were happier than thou art , If ten ...
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... Sonnets 37 and 38 ) , that he was lame , 1 is absolutely of no value , when the poems are correctly understood ; besides , the supposition is opposed by Sonnets 50 and 51 , which speak of Shakespeare as a rider , and by other ...
... Sonnets 37 and 38 ) , that he was lame , 1 is absolutely of no value , when the poems are correctly understood ; besides , the supposition is opposed by Sonnets 50 and 51 , which speak of Shakespeare as a rider , and by other ...
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... Ilvina . 3 Hermann Kurz , Zu Titus Andronicus in the Jahrbuch der deutschen Shakespeare Gesellschaft , v . p . 82 ff .; Outlines , i . p . 97 ff . Sonnets to the period before the poet quitted his home 66 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE .
... Ilvina . 3 Hermann Kurz , Zu Titus Andronicus in the Jahrbuch der deutschen Shakespeare Gesellschaft , v . p . 82 ff .; Outlines , i . p . 97 ff . Sonnets to the period before the poet quitted his home 66 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE .
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Page 152 - English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, .tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 448 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 230 - Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts; Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance; Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i...
Page 144 - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 559 - This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut...
Page 539 - Peace, plenty, love, truth, terror, That were the servants to this chosen infant, Shall then be his, and like a vine grow to him ; Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations...