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It hath been a custom , gentlemen ( in my mind commendable ) , among former authors , whose works are no less beautified with eloquent phrase than garnished with excellent example , to begin an exordium to the readers of their time .
It hath been a custom , gentlemen ( in my mind commendable ) , among former authors , whose works are no less beautified with eloquent phrase than garnished with excellent example , to begin an exordium to the readers of their time .
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... and yet both excellent admired poets : so Sir Philip Sidney writ his immortal poem , The Countess of Pembroke's ... Iliade : 1 so I say of Spenser's Fairy Queene , I know not what more excellent or exquisite Poem may be written .
... and yet both excellent admired poets : so Sir Philip Sidney writ his immortal poem , The Countess of Pembroke's ... Iliade : 1 so I say of Spenser's Fairy Queene , I know not what more excellent or exquisite Poem may be written .
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As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latins : so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage . For comedy , witness his Gentlemen of Verona , his Errors ...
As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latins : so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage . For comedy , witness his Gentlemen of Verona , his Errors ...
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Contents
EARLY BIOGRAPHY AND ANECDOTE | 1 |
CRITICISM AND REPUTATION AMONG | 49 |
SOCIAL STANDING AND PERSONAL REP | 94 |
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| Title | Materials for the Life of Shakespeare |
| Editor | Pierce Butler |
| Compiled by | Pierce Butler |
| Publisher | University of North Carolina Press, 1930 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 200 pages |
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