William Shakespeare: A Literary BiographyG. Bell and sons, 1888 - 587 pages |
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... merely " to furnish the reader with an authentic collection of all the known facts , " has nevertheless to admit that he has given his " own interpretation of various testimonies , " nor can he get on without hypotheses , and it is ...
... merely " to furnish the reader with an authentic collection of all the known facts , " has nevertheless to admit that he has given his " own interpretation of various testimonies , " nor can he get on without hypotheses , and it is ...
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... merely reprints , without further remark , a note of Malone's , according to which the 23rd of April , 1564 , fell upon a Sunday . Accord- ing to the well - known works of Saint Allais ' and Grotefend , " the 26th of April fell upon a ...
... merely reprints , without further remark , a note of Malone's , according to which the 23rd of April , 1564 , fell upon a Sunday . Accord- ing to the well - known works of Saint Allais ' and Grotefend , " the 26th of April fell upon a ...
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... merely in order to greet him as a lame comrade : " he is a stout man at quarter - staff and single falchion , though , as I am told , a halting fellow . " But would Davies ' have praised Shakespeare's and Burbage's : - Wit , courage ...
... merely in order to greet him as a lame comrade : " he is a stout man at quarter - staff and single falchion , though , as I am told , a halting fellow . " But would Davies ' have praised Shakespeare's and Burbage's : - Wit , courage ...
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... merely upon a com- bination - certainly difficult to refute that this free school was the Strat- ford Grammar School . Dyce , in his Life of Shakespeare , erroneously makes Rowe say that Shakespeare attended the Stratford free school ...
... merely upon a com- bination - certainly difficult to refute that this free school was the Strat- ford Grammar School . Dyce , in his Life of Shakespeare , erroneously makes Rowe say that Shakespeare attended the Stratford free school ...
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... merely to Royalty and its Earls , but to its own citizens , who , even before Shakespeare's day , had given proof of their culture and attainments . Directly connected with this , is the interest and encouragement which was bestowed ...
... merely to Royalty and its Earls , but to its own citizens , who , even before Shakespeare's day , had given proof of their culture and attainments . Directly connected with this , is the interest and encouragement which was bestowed ...
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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...