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... to think from the respective places that their own names occupy . Some omissions from the list may appear extraor- dinary the most remarkable of these is Lawrence Fletcher ( who acted before James I. in Scotland , INTRODUCTION . ix.
... to think from the respective places that their own names occupy . Some omissions from the list may appear extraor- dinary the most remarkable of these is Lawrence Fletcher ( who acted before James I. in Scotland , INTRODUCTION . ix.
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John Payne Collier. Fletcher ( who acted before James I. in Scotland , ante- rior to his accession to the English throne ) whose name comes first in the patent of 1603 , and who , not having died until the autumn of 1608 , might have ...
John Payne Collier. Fletcher ( who acted before James I. in Scotland , ante- rior to his accession to the English throne ) whose name comes first in the patent of 1603 , and who , not having died until the autumn of 1608 , might have ...
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... James I. came to the throne . He had a very inferior part in " Henry VI . , Part 3 , " as it has come down to us in the folio of 1623. This historical play is well known to have been founded upon " The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of ...
... James I. came to the throne . He had a very inferior part in " Henry VI . , Part 3 , " as it has come down to us in the folio of 1623. This historical play is well known to have been founded upon " The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of ...
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... the It is generally stated , on the somewhat vague authority of Anthony Wood ( Ath . Oxon . , iii . , 737 , edit . Bliss ) that James Shirley ( the last 66 1st October , the next year , ' Benjamin xxii INTRODUCTION .
... the It is generally stated , on the somewhat vague authority of Anthony Wood ( Ath . Oxon . , iii . , 737 , edit . Bliss ) that James Shirley ( the last 66 1st October , the next year , ' Benjamin xxii INTRODUCTION .
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... James Shirley , gentleman , 26 Feb. , 1624 ; " i . e . 1625. It also tends to prove that Shirley had not adopted the Roman Catholic tenets quite so early as has been supposed . ( See " Life , " by the Rev. A. Dyce , i . , vii . ) It is ...
... James Shirley , gentleman , 26 Feb. , 1624 ; " i . e . 1625. It also tends to prove that Shirley had not adopted the Roman Catholic tenets quite so early as has been supposed . ( See " Life , " by the Rev. A. Dyce , i . , vii . ) It is ...
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Page 105 - THE | Second part of Henrie | the fourth, continuing to his death, | and coronation of Henrie \ the fift. | With the humours of sir lohn Fal- | stqffe, and swaggering \ Pistoll. | As it hath been sundrie times publikely \ acted by the right honourable, the Lord | Chamberlaine his seruants. | Written by William Shakespeare. \ LONDON | Printed by VS for Andrew Wise, and | William Aspley. | 1600.
Page 39 - Why, so can I, or so can any man ; But will they come, when you do call for them ? Glend.
Page 13 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Page 10 - How cam'st thou hither, tell me ? and wherefore ? The orchard walls are high, and hard to climb ; And the place death, considering who thou art, If any of my kinsmen find thee here.
Page 304 - SOCIETY desire it to be understood that they are not answerable for any opinions or observations that may appear in the Society's publications; the Editors of the several Works being alone responsible for the same.
Page 67 - ... who, as he was a happie imitator of Nature, was a most gentle expresser of it. His mind and hand went together; and what he thought, he uttered with that easinesse that wee have scarse received from him a blot in his papers.
Page 139 - Rosalynde, Euphues Golden Legacie, found after his death in his Cell at Silexedra, bequeathed to Philautus sonnes noursed up with their father in England, Fetcht from the Canaries by TL, gent., Imprinted by T.
Page 145 - IN the name of God, Amen. I William Shakspeare, of Stratford-upon-Avon, in the county of Warwick, gent., in perfect health and memory (God be praised), do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following : that is to say — First, I commend my soul into the hands of God my Creator, hoping, and assuredly believing, through the only merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting ; and my body to the earth whereof it is made.
Page 68 - tis no matter; Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour? What is that honour? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it? He that died o
Page 273 - Major Cuffle ; — a man of great account amongst them, and a notorious Papist : slain by the hands of Major Harrison, that godly and gallant gentleman...