William Shakespeare: A Literary BiographyG. Bell and sons, 1888 - 587 pages |
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A Literary Biography Karl Elze. speare was engaged in some trade seems certain from his having moved to Stratford ... seem to suggest Shakespeare's intimate acquaintance with glove - making . Shakespeare repeatedly alludes to cheveril ...
A Literary Biography Karl Elze. speare was engaged in some trade seems certain from his having moved to Stratford ... seem to suggest Shakespeare's intimate acquaintance with glove - making . Shakespeare repeatedly alludes to cheveril ...
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... seems scarcely likely that the slaughtering of calves , which is certainly not one of the easiest operations of a butcher , should be left to a boy of fourteen . Halliwell , Outlines , i . xi . Bearing it to the bloody slaughter - house ...
... seems scarcely likely that the slaughtering of calves , which is certainly not one of the easiest operations of a butcher , should be left to a boy of fourteen . Halliwell , Outlines , i . xi . Bearing it to the bloody slaughter - house ...
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... seems certain , that the poet's father was a man in prosperous circumstances , and respected by his fellow - citizens , and that , even though a manufacturer of gloves , he may nevertheless have been occupied with farm work . In ...
... seems certain , that the poet's father was a man in prosperous circumstances , and respected by his fellow - citizens , and that , even though a manufacturer of gloves , he may nevertheless have been occupied with farm work . In ...
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... seems a well- established fact that five years later he rented Ingon Meadow , a piece of land of fourteen acres , in Old Stratford , from William Clopton , and purchased two additional houses , one of the latter having for long been ...
... seems a well- established fact that five years later he rented Ingon Meadow , a piece of land of fourteen acres , in Old Stratford , from William Clopton , and purchased two additional houses , one of the latter having for long been ...
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... seems to have been introduced into the Gloucester School when Master Downhale was ap- pointed to succeed the " ancient citizen . " I further believe that Shakespeare , by private study , quickly and abundantly made good the defects of ...
... seems to have been introduced into the Gloucester School when Master Downhale was ap- pointed to succeed the " ancient citizen . " I further believe that Shakespeare , by private study , quickly and abundantly made good the defects of ...
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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...