Shakspere: His Times and ContemporariesG. Kershaw and son, 1852 - 224 pages |
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... earl of Northum- berland , begun in 1512 , clearly proves that on all great festivals of the church , the chaplains of the nobility were in the habit of providing plays on the event , mythical or historical , which either superstition ...
... earl of Northum- berland , begun in 1512 , clearly proves that on all great festivals of the church , the chaplains of the nobility were in the habit of providing plays on the event , mythical or historical , which either superstition ...
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... Earl of Dorset ) and Thomas Norton ; consists of five acts ; is in regular blank verse ; and contains some excellent writing . The classical models afforded by the Greek dramatists have been in many respects patterned after . Though ...
... Earl of Dorset ) and Thomas Norton ; consists of five acts ; is in regular blank verse ; and contains some excellent writing . The classical models afforded by the Greek dramatists have been in many respects patterned after . Though ...
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... Earl of Leicester , and grants him the castle and manor of Kenilworth , in Warwickshire , thirteen miles distant from the birth - place of Shakspere . The historian Hume tells us , that this " great and powerful favourite of Elizabeth ...
... Earl of Leicester , and grants him the castle and manor of Kenilworth , in Warwickshire , thirteen miles distant from the birth - place of Shakspere . The historian Hume tells us , that this " great and powerful favourite of Elizabeth ...
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... Earl of Leicester , at whose request the work is said to have been undertaken . There is some- thing very venerable in this true labourer in the world of letters , trudging from town to town , a foot - sore pedestrian , to examine the ...
... Earl of Leicester , at whose request the work is said to have been undertaken . There is some- thing very venerable in this true labourer in the world of letters , trudging from town to town , a foot - sore pedestrian , to examine the ...
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... Earl of Lennox ; an event which caused a formidable insurrection in Scotland . " He was Mary's cousin - german , " says Hume , " by the Lady Mar- garet Douglas , niece to Harry VIII . , and daughter of the Earl of Angus , by Margaret ...
... Earl of Lennox ; an event which caused a formidable insurrection in Scotland . " He was Mary's cousin - german , " says Hume , " by the Lady Mar- garet Douglas , niece to Harry VIII . , and daughter of the Earl of Angus , by Margaret ...
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A.D. SHAKSPERE'S admirable afterwards amongst Ann Hathaway archbishop bard Ben Jonson Bible bishop Blackfriars theatre born brother called Cambridge celebrated Charles Knight church College comedy court death died drama dramatist Duke Earl edition Edmund Edmund Spenser England English Essex father France gentle George George Peele Hamlet hath Henry Chettle Heywood historian honour hundred James John Heywood John Stow Jonson King labours land learned London Lord Lucy Mary Master John Shakspere merry Michael Drayton native never Oxford persecution play players poem poet poor popish pounds priest printed prison publishes puritans Queen Elizabeth Queen of Scots reader reign Robert Robert Chambers Romish says Scottish Shak Sir Henry Sir John Sir Richard Baker Sir Thomas soul Spanish Spenser Stratford Stratford-upon-Avon supposed theatre Thomas Nash thou thousand tion tragedy translation verse Walter Raleigh whilst wife William Camden William Shakspere writings