William Shakespeare: A Literary BiographyG. Bell and sons, 1888 - 587 pages |
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... published in Germany as early as 1876 , and has there passed through several editions . The edition from which the present translation has been made has been specially revised and improved by the author for the English version . Dr ...
... published in Germany as early as 1876 , and has there passed through several editions . The edition from which the present translation has been made has been specially revised and improved by the author for the English version . Dr ...
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... published in 1799 as newly discovered works of Shakespeare . Compare Authentic Account of the Shakespeare Manuscripts , by W. H. Ireland , 1796 ; Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments under the Hand and Seal of Wm . Shakespeare ...
... published in 1799 as newly discovered works of Shakespeare . Compare Authentic Account of the Shakespeare Manuscripts , by W. H. Ireland , 1796 ; Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments under the Hand and Seal of Wm . Shakespeare ...
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... published by Collier , unless they have been placed beyond doubt by researches from another quarter . Although Collier has given an affidavit , yet Dr. Ingleby ( A Complete View of the Shakspere Controversy , 1861 , ) has proved by the ...
... published by Collier , unless they have been placed beyond doubt by researches from another quarter . Although Collier has given an affidavit , yet Dr. Ingleby ( A Complete View of the Shakspere Controversy , 1861 , ) has proved by the ...
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... published by Malone , and is given in facsimile by Knight and by Halliwell ; it is preserved in Stratford , and is dated the 17th of June , 1555 , or 1556 , as Halliwell more correctly has it ; in the midst of the Latin text is the one ...
... published by Malone , and is given in facsimile by Knight and by Halliwell ; it is preserved in Stratford , and is dated the 17th of June , 1555 , or 1556 , as Halliwell more correctly has it ; in the midst of the Latin text is the one ...
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... published his celebrated and influential book " The Schoolmaster . " Private instruction in the first elements of reading must , at all events , have been given , for it is not likely that parents were generally inclined or able to ...
... published his celebrated and influential book " The Schoolmaster . " Private instruction in the first elements of reading must , at all events , have been given , for it is not likely that parents were generally inclined or able to ...
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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...