William Shakespeare: A Literary BiographyG. Bell and sons, 1888 - 587 pages |
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... given in Ingleby's " Centurie of Prayse , " with the scanty notices of the poet from the last quarter of the seventeenth century given by Aubrey , Fulman- Davies , Dowdall , and John Ward , which are meagre beyond all conception , and ...
... given in Ingleby's " Centurie of Prayse , " with the scanty notices of the poet from the last quarter of the seventeenth century given by Aubrey , Fulman- Davies , Dowdall , and John Ward , which are meagre beyond all conception , and ...
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... given by Davenant - who is said to have prided himself upon being an illegitimate son of Shakespeare's - are of no critical value , and are but little to be depended upon . John Aubrey ( 1626- 1697 ) , an industrious , but very ...
... given by Davenant - who is said to have prided himself upon being an illegitimate son of Shakespeare's - are of no critical value , and are but little to be depended upon . John Aubrey ( 1626- 1697 ) , an industrious , but very ...
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... given rise to not a few inferences that have acquired such a high degree of pro- bability that they may almost be regarded as certainties . But how deceptive even the so - called internal probability- and the proof obtained from ...
... given rise to not a few inferences that have acquired such a high degree of pro- bability that they may almost be regarded as certainties . But how deceptive even the so - called internal probability- and the proof obtained from ...
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... given rise to numerous speculations and inquiries ; on the very threshold , therefore , the biographer meets with a difficulty , and up to the present day no agreement has been arrived at with regard to the way his name should be spelt ...
... given rise to numerous speculations and inquiries ; on the very threshold , therefore , the biographer meets with a difficulty , and up to the present day no agreement has been arrived at with regard to the way his name should be spelt ...
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... given to lower - class officials some centuries ago were invariably hits at the officious and meddle- some character of their duties . " Such nicknames generally referred to the implement or badge of office , with the additional wag or ...
... given to lower - class officials some centuries ago were invariably hits at the officious and meddle- some character of their duties . " Such nicknames generally referred to the implement or badge of office , with the additional wag or ...
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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...