 | James Mason - Biography - 1875 - 674 pages
...Elizabeth expressed herself so much pleased with the delightful character he had drawn of Sir John Falstaff, in the two parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded the author to continue it for one play' more, and to show the knight in love, which he executed inimitably... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell- Phillipps - 1881 - 200 pages
...Elizabeth, says,— Life of Shakespear, pp. 8, 9,— " she was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff in the two parts of Henry the Fourth,...commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to show him in love ; this is said to be the occasion of his writing the Merry Wives of Windsor." This... | |
 | Edward Dowden - 1882 - 198 pages
..." she was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff, in the two parts of Henry TV., that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to show him in love." This may have been the cause why Shakspere does not fulfil the promise made in the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) - 1882 - 198 pages
...Elizabeth "was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff in the two parts of Henry IV. that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to show Falstaff in love.;> The same story had been given by John Dennis, in 1702 (in the preface to The... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English drama - 1883 - 596 pages
...her.3 She was so well pleased with thai admirable character of Falstaff, in the two Parts of Henry IV., that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to show him in love. This is said to he the occasion of his wilting The Merry Wives of Windsor. How well... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1883 - 972 pages
...her.' She was so well pleased with thai admirable character of Falstaff, in the two Ports of Henry [V., that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to show him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his writing The Merry Wives of Windsor. How well... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1884 - 380 pages
...Elizabeth "was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff in the two parts of Henry IV. that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to show FalstafF in love." The same story had been given by John Dennis, in 1702 (in the preface to The... | |
 | Charlotte Endymion Porter - 1887 - 630 pages
...brought in, and very handsomely applied to her. She was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff in the Two Parts of Henry the Fourth,...commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to show him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his writing The Merry Wives of Windsor. How well... | |
 | Denton Jaques Snider - 1887 - 608 pages
...Queen) was so well pleased with the admirable character of Falstaff in the two parts of Henry IV., that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to show him in love; this is said to be the occasion of his writing the Merry Wives of Windsor." The truth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1887 - 596 pages
...her.* She was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff, in the two Parts of Henry IV., that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to show him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his writing The Merry "Wives of Windsor. How well... | |
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She was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff, in The Two Parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to shew him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his writing The Merry Wives of... 
