The works of William Shakspere. Knight's Cabinet ed., with additional notes, Volume 12 |
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... poet was distinctly recognised by Spenser in 1591. Shakspere's great contemporary , in a poem , entitled " The Tears of the Muses , " originally published in that year , describes , in the " Complaint " of Thalia , the Muse of HISTORY ...
... poet was distinctly recognised by Spenser in 1591. Shakspere's great contemporary , in a poem , entitled " The Tears of the Muses , " originally published in that year , describes , in the " Complaint " of Thalia , the Muse of HISTORY ...
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... 1590 , and that the poet described the prevailing state of the drama in London during the time of his visit . We have tolerable evidence 고 " that the performances of the company at the Blackfriars Theatre 6 HISTORY OF OPINION.
... 1590 , and that the poet described the prevailing state of the drama in London during the time of his visit . We have tolerable evidence 고 " that the performances of the company at the Blackfriars Theatre 6 HISTORY OF OPINION.
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... , the antics , by which names of course are meant the players , whom he held , and justly , to derive their chief importance from the labours of the - 66 " Base- - 33 - poet , in the words which they 16 HISTORY OF OPINION dians ...
... , the antics , by which names of course are meant the players , whom he held , and justly , to derive their chief importance from the labours of the - 66 " Base- - 33 - poet , in the words which they 16 HISTORY OF OPINION dians ...
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William Shakespeare Charles Knight. - 33 - poet , in the words which they uttered and the colours with which they ... poets ; and that he , Greene , parodied a line from " The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York , ” which we hold to be ...
William Shakespeare Charles Knight. - 33 - poet , in the words which they uttered and the colours with which they ... poets ; and that he , Greene , parodied a line from " The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York , ” which we hold to be ...
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... poet's matter Nature be , His art doth give the fashion : and that he Who casts to write a living line must sweat ( Such as thine are ) , and strike the second heat Upon the Muses ' anvil : turn the same ( And himself with it ) that he ...
... poet's matter Nature be , His art doth give the fashion : and that he Who casts to write a living line must sweat ( Such as thine are ) , and strike the second heat Upon the Muses ' anvil : turn the same ( And himself with it ) that he ...
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Page 30 - Yet must I not give Nature all; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion; and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses...
Page 25 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the 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 18 - I am as sorry as if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.
Page 42 - For whilst, to the shame of slow-endeavouring art, Thy easy numbers flow, and that each heart Hath, from the leaves of thy unvalued book, Those Delphic lines with deep impression took ; Then thou, our fancy of itself bereaving, Dost make us marble, with too much conceiving ; And, so sepulchred, in such pomp dost lie, That kings, for such a tomb, would wish to die.
Page 146 - Shakespeare is, above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature ; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life.
Page 20 - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Page 17 - ... 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 30 - I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand.
Page 34 - And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines ! Which were so richly spun. And woven so fit, As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit The merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please ; But antiquated and deserted lie...
Page 31 - ... his mind and hand went together ; and what he thought, he uttered with that easiness, that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers.