The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 2Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1799 |
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Page 66
... Spenfer's Tears of the Mufes , firft printed in 1591 , the following lines are found in Thalia's complaint on account of the decay of dramatick poetry : And he the man , whom náture's felf had made To mock her felfe , and truth to ...
... Spenfer's Tears of the Mufes , firft printed in 1591 , the following lines are found in Thalia's complaint on account of the decay of dramatick poetry : And he the man , whom náture's felf had made To mock her felfe , and truth to ...
Page 67
... Spenfer has employed , " But that fame gentle fpirit , " & c . is likewise used by the players in their preface , where they speak of Shakspeare : who as he was a happie imitator of nature , was a moft gentle expreffer of it . " On the ...
... Spenfer has employed , " But that fame gentle fpirit , " & c . is likewise used by the players in their preface , where they speak of Shakspeare : who as he was a happie imitator of nature , was a moft gentle expreffer of it . " On the ...
Page 68
... Spenfer's Willy , however , could not have been Sir Philip Sydney , for he was dead fome years before the Tears of the Mufes was published . If these lines were intended to allude to Our author , then he must have written fome comedies ...
... Spenfer's Willy , however , could not have been Sir Philip Sydney , for he was dead fome years before the Tears of the Mufes was published . If these lines were intended to allude to Our author , then he must have written fome comedies ...
Page 87
... The thrice three mufes , mourning for the death Of learning , late deceas'd in beggary . " 66 written in , or before 1598 , and Spenfer , G4 OF SHAKSPEARE'S PLAYS . 87 it was printed; but is mentioned by Meres in ...
... The thrice three mufes , mourning for the death Of learning , late deceas'd in beggary . " 66 written in , or before 1598 , and Spenfer , G4 OF SHAKSPEARE'S PLAYS . 87 it was printed; but is mentioned by Meres in ...
Page 88
... Spenfer's View of the State of Ireland . Dublin , fol . 1633. This treatife was written , according to Sir James Ware , in 1596. The teflimony of that hiftorian , relative to the time of Spenfer's death , is confirmed by a fact related ...
... Spenfer's View of the State of Ireland . Dublin , fol . 1633. This treatife was written , according to Sir James Ware , in 1596. The teflimony of that hiftorian , relative to the time of Spenfer's death , is confirmed by a fact related ...
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