William Shakespeare: A Literary BiographyG. Bell and sons, 1888 - 587 pages |
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... Jonson does not mention this fact in the poem where he laments his losses . ' Doubtless , too , the great fire in ... Jonson , ed . Wm . Gifford ( Moxon , 1846 ) , 707 ff . Compare also p . 41 ; Ben Jonson's Conver sations with Wm ...
... Jonson does not mention this fact in the poem where he laments his losses . ' Doubtless , too , the great fire in ... Jonson , ed . Wm . Gifford ( Moxon , 1846 ) , 707 ff . Compare also p . 41 ; Ben Jonson's Conver sations with Wm ...
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... Jonson's Every Man in His Humour , ii . 2 ; and still more fully from Beaumont and Fletcher's Knight of the Burning Pestle , i . 1 : - I can pull Out of my pocket thus a pair of gloves . Look , Lucy , look ; the dog's tooth , nor the ...
... Jonson's Every Man in His Humour , ii . 2 ; and still more fully from Beaumont and Fletcher's Knight of the Burning Pestle , i . 1 : - I can pull Out of my pocket thus a pair of gloves . Look , Lucy , look ; the dog's tooth , nor the ...
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... Jonson's well - known words , that he knew " small Latin and less Greek . " The indefatigable industry of anti- quarians has even pointed out what school - books the boy Shakespeare learned out of ; the Latin Grammar he used John Page ...
... Jonson's well - known words , that he knew " small Latin and less Greek . " The indefatigable industry of anti- quarians has even pointed out what school - books the boy Shakespeare learned out of ; the Latin Grammar he used John Page ...
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... Jonson's well . known eulogy of the poet , where he addresses him as : Sweet Swan of Avon . It may , however , seem doubtful whether this epithet was actually one of Ben Jonson's own making , if we compare the epigram " Cignus per ...
... Jonson's well . known eulogy of the poet , where he addresses him as : Sweet Swan of Avon . It may , however , seem doubtful whether this epithet was actually one of Ben Jonson's own making , if we compare the epigram " Cignus per ...
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... Jonson , for they both published works of importance before they came of age . Walter Scott at the age of between fourteen and fifteen made his first ven- ture in epic poems of considerable length , ' and Byron in his thirteenth year ...
... Jonson , for they both published works of importance before they came of age . Walter Scott at the age of between fourteen and fifteen made his first ven- ture in epic poems of considerable length , ' and Byron in his thirteenth year ...
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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...