William Shakespeare: A Literary BiographyG. Bell and sons, 1888 - 587 pages |
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... Shakespeare's death , and but two years after the publication of his works , the political affairs of the country ... Shakespeare . Let the reader but compare the enthusiastic and significant statements of Shakespeare's contemporaries ...
... Shakespeare's death , and but two years after the publication of his works , the political affairs of the country ... Shakespeare . Let the reader but compare the enthusiastic and significant statements of Shakespeare's contemporaries ...
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... Shakespeare's , or records of his life , might have been obtained . First of all , in 1613 , during a performance of Shakespeare's " Henry VIII . , " the Globe theatre was burned down , and in all probability manuscripts of the poet ...
... Shakespeare's , or records of his life , might have been obtained . First of all , in 1613 , during a performance of Shakespeare's " Henry VIII . , " the Globe theatre was burned down , and in all probability manuscripts of the poet ...
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... Shakespeare's life , also , was necessarily affected by these laws , and according to them his marriage cannot have been a happy one . By a methodical application of these sources of information we can form a pretty graphic picture of ...
... Shakespeare's life , also , was necessarily affected by these laws , and according to them his marriage cannot have been a happy one . By a methodical application of these sources of information we can form a pretty graphic picture of ...
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... Shakespeares , a Prioress Isabella Shakespeare of Wroxhall , for the peace of whose soul prayers were said in 1505 ; ' also a Domina Jane Shakespeare is men- tioned in 1527. Under these circumstances it will readily be understood that ...
... Shakespeares , a Prioress Isabella Shakespeare of Wroxhall , for the peace of whose soul prayers were said in 1505 ; ' also a Domina Jane Shakespeare is men- tioned in 1527. Under these circumstances it will readily be understood that ...
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... Shakespeare was , at all events , a man of good parts , of a steady and energetic character , probably also stately and prepossessing , if we may be allowed to draw an inference from the son's good looks - for both Aubrey and Davies ...
... Shakespeare was , at all events , a man of good parts , of a steady and energetic character , probably also stately and prepossessing , if we may be allowed to draw an inference from the son's good looks - for both Aubrey and Davies ...
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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...