 | William Shakespeare - 1832 - 426 pages
...PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY AJ VALPY, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET; AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. 1832. Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in oar waters yet appear; And make those flights npon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...as he meets them ' how they wear ! ' Addison . "t ... ....... , .in j, % KJ tin ,-„-„.. -^ j 38 Sweet swan of Avon ! what a sight it were, To see thee in onr waters yet appear; And make those flight* upon the banks of Thame*, That so did take Eliza, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...even so the race Of Shakspeare's mind and manners brightly shines In his well-turned, and true filed E. I think, thou art an ass. Dro. E. Marry so it doth appear By the wron eves of ignorance. Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were, To see thee in our water yet appear,... | |
 | Charles Armitage Brown - 1838 - 328 pages
...And such wert thou. Look how the father's face Lives in his issue ; even so the race Of Shakespeare's mind and manners brightly shines In his well-turned...a lance, As brandished at the eyes of ignorance." This is real praise, from one who well knew him personally. Nothing has been more injurious to the... | |
 | Charles Armitage Brown - 1838 - 326 pages
...And such wert thou. Look how the father's face Lives in his issue ; even so the race Of Shakespeare's mind and manners brightly shines In his well-turned...which he seems to shake a lance, As brandished at th« eyes of ignorance." This is real praise, from one who well knew him personally. Nothing has been... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 790 pages
...And such wert thou. Look, how the father's face Lives in his issue ; even so the race Of Shaksneare's have done no harm. But I remember uow I am in this...to do harm. Is often laudable ; to do good, somet brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our waters... | |
 | 546 pages
...of the first to bring forward the plays of Shakespeare. He seems to have felt with Ben Jonson — " Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear." The sight has been realized ; and the " Swan of Avon," somewhat ruffled by the neglect and slights... | |
 | David Paul Brown - 1838 - 86 pages
...of Avon." Jonson, as is said, referring to these complimentary passages, introduces these lines : " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And mark those flights upon the banks of Thames, That did so take Eliza and our... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1848 - 550 pages
...of the first to bring forward the plays of Shakespeare. He seems, to have felt with Ben Jonson — " Sweet Swan of Avon '. what a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear." The sight has been realized ; and the " Swan of Avon," somewhat ruffled by the neglect and slights... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 316 pages
...; for Ben Jonson, in his celebrated eulogy, thus apostrophises his departed friend : — Sweet swun of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our waters yet appear ; And make those flights upon the banks ofThames, The latter monarch was present... | |
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Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James! 
