William Shakespeare: A Literary BiographyG. Bell and sons, 1888 - 587 pages |
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... give and bequethe to Agnes my wyfe vj . li . xiij . s . iiij . d . apon this condysione , that [ she ] shall sofer my dawghter Ales quyetlye to ynyoye halfe mye copye houlde in Wyllmcote dwryng the tyme of her wyddowewhodde : and if she ...
... give and bequethe to Agnes my wyfe vj . li . xiij . s . iiij . d . apon this condysione , that [ she ] shall sofer my dawghter Ales quyetlye to ynyoye halfe mye copye houlde in Wyllmcote dwryng the tyme of her wyddowewhodde : and if she ...
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... gives the following account of the yeomanry , and John Shakespeare is expressly described as a yeoman in 15792 : " This sort of people have a certain pre - eminence , and more estimation than labourers and the common sort of artificers ...
... gives the following account of the yeomanry , and John Shakespeare is expressly described as a yeoman in 15792 : " This sort of people have a certain pre - eminence , and more estimation than labourers and the common sort of artificers ...
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... give up the revered in- heritance altogether . At that time ( 1806 ) a butcher was occupying the western half of the tenement , while the other half was used as an inn under the name of The Swan and Maidenhead . The landlord of this inn ...
... give up the revered in- heritance altogether . At that time ( 1806 ) a butcher was occupying the western half of the tenement , while the other half was used as an inn under the name of The Swan and Maidenhead . The landlord of this inn ...
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... give him a better schooling than they themselves had been able to obtain . We have manifest proofs of a species of ambition in the family , a striving after some higher position ; and this ambition was doubtless fostered in John ...
... give him a better schooling than they themselves had been able to obtain . We have manifest proofs of a species of ambition in the family , a striving after some higher position ; and this ambition was doubtless fostered in John ...
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... November , 1879 , January and May , 1880 . * Mount Tabor , or Private Exercises of a Penitent Sinner , by R. W. [ ¿ .e . , R. Willis ] , Esqre , 1639 , p . 10 . master , whose manner was to give us severall lessons HOME AND CHILDHOOD . 39.
... November , 1879 , January and May , 1880 . * Mount Tabor , or Private Exercises of a Penitent Sinner , by R. W. [ ¿ .e . , R. Willis ] , Esqre , 1639 , p . 10 . master , whose manner was to give us severall lessons HOME AND CHILDHOOD . 39.
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Page 152 - English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, .tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 448 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 230 - Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts; Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance; Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i...
Page 144 - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 559 - This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut...
Page 539 - Peace, plenty, love, truth, terror, That were the servants to this chosen infant, Shall then be his, and like a vine grow to him ; Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations...