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The chief magistrate of the Body Corporate of Stratford , now distinguished by the
title of Mayor , was in the early charters called the High Bailiff . This office Mr.
John Shakspeare filled in 1569 , as appears from the following extracts from the ...
The chief magistrate of the Body Corporate of Stratford , now distinguished by the
title of Mayor , was in the early charters called the High Bailiff . This office Mr.
John Shakspeare filled in 1569 , as appears from the following extracts from the ...
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Our poet's mother was the daughter and heir of Robert Arden of Wellingcote , in
the county of Warwick , who , in the Mf . above referred to , is called so a
gentleman of worship.9 The family of Arden is a very ancient one ; Robert Arden
of ...
Our poet's mother was the daughter and heir of Robert Arden of Wellingcote , in
the county of Warwick , who , in the Mf . above referred to , is called so a
gentleman of worship.9 The family of Arden is a very ancient one ; Robert Arden
of ...
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Shakspeare was perhaps the only inhabitant of Stratford , whose bulinefs called
him annually to London ; and probably on his return from thçuce in the spring of
the year ibog , he planted this tree . As a similar enthusiasm to that which with ...
Shakspeare was perhaps the only inhabitant of Stratford , whose bulinefs called
him annually to London ; and probably on his return from thçuce in the spring of
the year ibog , he planted this tree . As a similar enthusiasm to that which with ...
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... Gentleman's Magazine for August 1759 , who boldly " affirmed it as an abfolute
fact ; ,, but being afterwards publickly called upon to produce his authority , never
produced any . There is the strongest reason therefore to presume it a forgery .
... Gentleman's Magazine for August 1759 , who boldly " affirmed it as an abfolute
fact ; ,, but being afterwards publickly called upon to produce his authority , never
produced any . There is the strongest reason therefore to presume it a forgery .
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... every unmarried lady was called Mistress till the time of George I. Hence our
outhor's Mistress Anne Page . Nor in speaking of an unmarried lady could her
chriftian name be omitted , as it often is at present ; for then no distinction would
have ...
... every unmarried lady was called Mistress till the time of George I. Hence our
outhor's Mistress Anne Page . Nor in speaking of an unmarried lady could her
chriftian name be omitted , as it often is at present ; for then no distinction would
have ...
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 1 The Plays of William Shakspeare, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Illustrated by | Samuel Johnson (écrivain) |
| Publisher | Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1900 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 8 Sep 2011 |
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