The Shakspere Allusion-book: A Collection of Allusions to Shakspere from 1591 to 1700, Volume 1John James Munro Chatto & Windus, 1909 |
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... written as All's Well that Ends Well . Meres's passage proves that , though the Sonnets were not published till 1609 , some of them , at least , were in existence in 1598 . B. Allusions to Contemporary Events . - Besides the burning of ...
... written as All's Well that Ends Well . Meres's passage proves that , though the Sonnets were not published till 1609 , some of them , at least , were in existence in 1598 . B. Allusions to Contemporary Events . - Besides the burning of ...
Page xx
... written concerning authors of the past , or addressed by Elizabethans , to their contem- porary brothers in literature , must be struck by this exuberance in the expression of admiration and esteem . The weary student of Lydgate may be ...
... written concerning authors of the past , or addressed by Elizabethans , to their contem- porary brothers in literature , must be struck by this exuberance in the expression of admiration and esteem . The weary student of Lydgate may be ...
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... written , is a testimony to Shakspere's Meres himself was no great critic , and I regard his utter- ances as reflecting the popular estimate as observed by a frequenter of the theatre , rather than the tribute of criticism . Meres's ...
... written , is a testimony to Shakspere's Meres himself was no great critic , and I regard his utter- ances as reflecting the popular estimate as observed by a frequenter of the theatre , rather than the tribute of criticism . Meres's ...
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... written plays , and on a subject which was so often dramatised , there is almost complete absence of borrowing of phrases by other authors . It is not enough to say that Antony is not a good acting play . The truth appears to be that ...
... written plays , and on a subject which was so often dramatised , there is almost complete absence of borrowing of phrases by other authors . It is not enough to say that Antony is not a good acting play . The truth appears to be that ...
Page liv
... written in 1673 to inflame the people against the cruel Dutch with whom England was at war , and it was dedicated to Shaftesbury's colleague in office , Clifford ; but in 1681 , without any apparent personal cause , and merely to please ...
... written in 1673 to inflame the people against the cruel Dutch with whom England was at war , and it was dedicated to Shaftesbury's colleague in office , Clifford ; but in 1681 , without any apparent personal cause , and merely to please ...
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