Shakspere: His Times and ContemporariesG. Kershaw and son, 1852 - 224 pages |
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... whilst Shakspere is ever the champion of humanity and intellect . " But not merely as a great dramatist - though decidedly the greatest of all dramatists - is Shakspere immortalised . He is the poet not of Englishmen alone , but of the ...
... whilst Shakspere is ever the champion of humanity and intellect . " But not merely as a great dramatist - though decidedly the greatest of all dramatists - is Shakspere immortalised . He is the poet not of Englishmen alone , but of the ...
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... of an age , but for all time ! " and " all time , " through every change of faction and of fashion , will confirm the decision , whilst Truth and Beauty have their worshippers on earth : and Keats truly tells 18 INTRODUCTION .
... of an age , but for all time ! " and " all time , " through every change of faction and of fashion , will confirm the decision , whilst Truth and Beauty have their worshippers on earth : and Keats truly tells 18 INTRODUCTION .
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... whilst he reverently thanks all other architects for the aid their various styles have given him — will skilfully work up the accumulated materials into an artistic temple , worthy of the memory of him who " being dead yet speaketh ...
... whilst he reverently thanks all other architects for the aid their various styles have given him — will skilfully work up the accumulated materials into an artistic temple , worthy of the memory of him who " being dead yet speaketh ...
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... whilst they carefully secured to us his unequalled productions , contented themselves with bearing their testimony to his " gentle " demeanour in private life , and wailing their threnodies around his tomb . The same mystery shrouds ...
... whilst they carefully secured to us his unequalled productions , contented themselves with bearing their testimony to his " gentle " demeanour in private life , and wailing their threnodies around his tomb . The same mystery shrouds ...
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... whilst boldly contending for their own right of private judgment in religious matters , our protestant forefathers had not yet learned to respect the consciences of other men . To be a papist or a nonconformist was a dangerous thing in ...
... whilst boldly contending for their own right of private judgment in religious matters , our protestant forefathers had not yet learned to respect the consciences of other men . To be a papist or a nonconformist was a dangerous thing in ...
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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