Shakespeare [sic] and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticism on His Genius and Writings; a New Chronology of His Plays; a Disquisition on the Object of His Sonnets; and a History of the Manners, Customs, Amusements, Superstitions, Poetry, and Elegant Literature of His Age |
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... taken . In the books of the corporation of Stratford it is stated , that- " At the hall holden Nov. 19th , in the 21st year of the reign of our sovereign lady Queen Elizabeth , it is ordained , that every Alderman shall be taxed to pay ...
... taken . In the books of the corporation of Stratford it is stated , that- " At the hall holden Nov. 19th , in the 21st year of the reign of our sovereign lady Queen Elizabeth , it is ordained , that every Alderman shall be taxed to pay ...
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... taken from the Will of Shakspeare executed in March , 1616 , consisting of three briefs or sheets , to each of which his name is subscribed . These signatures , it is remarkable , differ considerably , especially in the surnames ; for ...
... taken from the Will of Shakspeare executed in March , 1616 , consisting of three briefs or sheets , to each of which his name is subscribed . These signatures , it is remarkable , differ considerably , especially in the surnames ; for ...
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... taken out of the earth , so nature itself was ail the art which was used upon him . " 19 * Notwithstanding this uniform assertion of the contemporaries and immediate successors of Shakspeare , relative to his very imperfect knowledge of ...
... taken out of the earth , so nature itself was ail the art which was used upon him . " 19 * Notwithstanding this uniform assertion of the contemporaries and immediate successors of Shakspeare , relative to his very imperfect knowledge of ...
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... taken from the free - school of Stratford , became an assistant to his father in the wool - trade , has been the general opinion of his biographers from the period of Mr. Rowe , who first published the tradition in 1709 , to the present ...
... taken from the free - school of Stratford , became an assistant to his father in the wool - trade , has been the general opinion of his biographers from the period of Mr. Rowe , who first published the tradition in 1709 , to the present ...
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... taken from the free - school , the assistant of his father in the wool - trade ; but it will be necessary here to mention , that Aubrey , on whose authority it has been related that John Shak- speare was , at one period of his life , a ...
... taken from the free - school , the assistant of his father in the wool - trade ; but it will be necessary here to mention , that Aubrey , on whose authority it has been related that John Shak- speare was , at one period of his life , a ...
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Page 184 - A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 347 - Lo, here the gentle lark, weary of rest, From his moist cabinet mounts up on high, And wakes the morning, from whose silver breast The sun ariseth in his majesty; Who doth the world so gloriously behold, That cedar-tops and hills seem burnish'd gold.
Page 488 - I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied with lush woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine...
Page 488 - Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander every where, Swifter than the moon's sphere ; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips tall her pensioners be : In their gold coats spots you see ; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours : I must go seek some dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.
Page 167 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Page 168 - I cannot blame him : at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward.
Page 277 - He is dead and gone, lady, He is dead and gone, At his head a grass-green turf, At his heels a stone.
Page 552 - Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell : Hark! now I hear them, — ding-dong, bell.
Page 552 - twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war; to the dread, rattling thunder Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt; the strong-bas'd promontory Have I made shake and by the spurs pluck'd up The pine and cedar.
Page 360 - The warrant I have of your honourable disposition, not the worth of my untutored lines, makes it assured of acceptance. What I have done is yours ; what I have to do is yours ; being part in all I have, devoted yours.