Shakspere: His Times and ContemporariesG. Kershaw and son, 1852 - 224 pages |
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... cause is more glorious than a victory unsanctioned by justice . The good seed will germinate , and one day yield its harvest . It was no mere partial friendship , but true discernment of " rare Ben Jonson , " when he declared of ...
... cause is more glorious than a victory unsanctioned by justice . The good seed will germinate , and one day yield its harvest . It was no mere partial friendship , but true discernment of " rare Ben Jonson , " when he declared of ...
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... cause of civilization in its slow but ever onward march ; and to leave their lasting monuments in the productions of their minds , seem to have been their chief objects . They wrote no biographies for us : they did better - they ...
... cause of civilization in its slow but ever onward march ; and to leave their lasting monuments in the productions of their minds , seem to have been their chief objects . They wrote no biographies for us : they did better - they ...
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... cause a demand for new contributions to literature ; so that an author would not be altogether dependent on a single patron , as before . Even in the provinces , as well as in the metropolis , were printing- presses springing up for ...
... cause a demand for new contributions to literature ; so that an author would not be altogether dependent on a single patron , as before . Even in the provinces , as well as in the metropolis , were printing- presses springing up for ...
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... cause misery to that animated nature towards which thou art nearer related than thou wottest of ? But the amusement of the people which most concerns us in the present work , is that of dramatic representation , whether in the form of ...
... cause misery to that animated nature towards which thou art nearer related than thou wottest of ? But the amusement of the people which most concerns us in the present work , is that of dramatic representation , whether in the form of ...
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... caused to be acted ( probably by his scholars , ) a miracle - play of St. Catharine , composed by himself . This was long before the year 1119 , and probably within the eleventh century . The above play of St. Catharine was , for aught ...
... caused to be acted ( probably by his scholars , ) a miracle - play of St. Catharine , composed by himself . This was long before the year 1119 , and probably within the eleventh century . The above play of St. Catharine was , for aught ...
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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