Shakspere: His Times and ContemporariesG. Kershaw and son, 1852 - 224 pages |
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... Poetic Rosary by J. Critchley Prince . Dedicated by per- mission to Charles Dickens , Esq . Handsomely gilt , 2s . 6d . The Morning of Life ; or , Thoughts for the Young Christian : by a Clergyman's daughter . 1s . The Life , Letters ...
... Poetic Rosary by J. Critchley Prince . Dedicated by per- mission to Charles Dickens , Esq . Handsomely gilt , 2s . 6d . The Morning of Life ; or , Thoughts for the Young Christian : by a Clergyman's daughter . 1s . The Life , Letters ...
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... poet - painter , but who must curtail their small ward- robe and pantry expenses , to afford the glorious luxury of good books . I have aimed at conveying that information in one cheap eighteen - penny volume , which it has cost me the ...
... poet - painter , but who must curtail their small ward- robe and pantry expenses , to afford the glorious luxury of good books . I have aimed at conveying that information in one cheap eighteen - penny volume , which it has cost me the ...
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... poets of the Elizabethian era had arrived . It has been too much the fashion to under - rate all the con- temporaries of Shakspere - many of them , doubtless , his comrades and bosom - friends - as though his imperishable fame required ...
... poets of the Elizabethian era had arrived . It has been too much the fashion to under - rate all the con- temporaries of Shakspere - many of them , doubtless , his comrades and bosom - friends - as though his imperishable fame required ...
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... poet not of Englishmen alone , but of the whole human race ; and wherever human hearts are warmed with the " ruddy drops " of life - from the artic to the antartic circle - there will his delineations be found to be truthful . Because ...
... poet not of Englishmen alone , but of the whole human race ; and wherever human hearts are warmed with the " ruddy drops " of life - from the artic to the antartic circle - there will his delineations be found to be truthful . Because ...
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... poet of progress , and not a mere conventional playwright for cunning traders and greedy money - lenders . In the mean time , let those very unpoetic people , if they will , still speak of the character of the good merchant , Antonio ...
... poet of progress , and not a mere conventional playwright for cunning traders and greedy money - lenders . In the mean time , let those very unpoetic people , if they will , still speak of the character of the good merchant , Antonio ...
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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