William Shakespeare: A Literary BiographyG. Bell and sons, 1888 - 587 pages |
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... persons . The efforts of all men , in those days , were directed mainly in furthering their own peculiar interests in political , military , naval , or literary affairs , not in describing or narrating the lives of other men , and least ...
... persons . The efforts of all men , in those days , were directed mainly in furthering their own peculiar interests in political , military , naval , or literary affairs , not in describing or narrating the lives of other men , and least ...
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... persons have frequently been named after such things as they carried ; for instance , pilgrims from the palms which they brought with them on their return from Jerusalem ; also Longsword , Broadspear , Fortescue , i.e. Strong - shield ...
... persons have frequently been named after such things as they carried ; for instance , pilgrims from the palms which they brought with them on their return from Jerusalem ; also Longsword , Broadspear , Fortescue , i.e. Strong - shield ...
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... persons quite able to write their names were content to make their marks . John Shakespeare , too , often availed himself of a mark resem- bling the letter A , which , as Malone thinks , he probably chose out of courtesy to his wife ...
... persons quite able to write their names were content to make their marks . John Shakespeare , too , often availed himself of a mark resem- bling the letter A , which , as Malone thinks , he probably chose out of courtesy to his wife ...
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... persons , of the same name as the poet's father , and it is doubtful whether biographers have , in all cases , managed to keep these several personages distinct 1 See Halliwell's preface to Wheler's Historical Account , & c . , p . 6 ...
... persons , of the same name as the poet's father , and it is doubtful whether biographers have , in all cases , managed to keep these several personages distinct 1 See Halliwell's preface to Wheler's Historical Account , & c . , p . 6 ...
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... persons to possess the same name is proved , among other things , by the will of John Combe ( Halliwell , Life of Shakespeare , 234 ff . ) , according to which there existed three John Combes at Stratford at the same time - two brothers ...
... persons to possess the same name is proved , among other things , by the will of John Combe ( Halliwell , Life of Shakespeare , 234 ff . ) , according to which there existed three John Combes at Stratford at the same time - two brothers ...
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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.
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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.
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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...