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A man may have made great advances in the knowledge of the dead languages , and yet be esteemed as having " little Latin and less Greek , " by one who has reached those heights of scholarship , which the friend and companion of ...
A man may have made great advances in the knowledge of the dead languages , and yet be esteemed as having " little Latin and less Greek , " by one who has reached those heights of scholarship , which the friend and companion of ...
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... Jonson begins this for his epitaph : ' Here lies Ben Jonson , Who was once one" " He gives it to Mr. Shakspeare to make up , who presently writte ' That , while he liv'd , was a slow thing , And now , being dead , is no - thing .
... Jonson begins this for his epitaph : ' Here lies Ben Jonson , Who was once one" " He gives it to Mr. Shakspeare to make up , who presently writte ' That , while he liv'd , was a slow thing , And now , being dead , is no - thing .
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... in a laughing manner , that he fancied he intended to write his epitaph , if he happened to outlive him ; and since he could not know what might be said of him when he was dead , he desired it might be done immediately ; upon which ...
... in a laughing manner , that he fancied he intended to write his epitaph , if he happened to outlive him ; and since he could not know what might be said of him when he was dead , he desired it might be done immediately ; upon which ...
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Written on the east end of the tomb : " Aske who lyes here , but do not weepe ; He is not dead , he doth but sleepe . This stony register is for his bones , His fame is more perpetual than these stones ; And his own goodness ...
Written on the east end of the tomb : " Aske who lyes here , but do not weepe ; He is not dead , he doth but sleepe . This stony register is for his bones , His fame is more perpetual than these stones ; And his own goodness ...
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The life of our poet was now drawing towards its close ; and he was soon to require from the hands of others those last honors to the dead , which , while alive , he had shown himself so ready to contribute .
The life of our poet was now drawing towards its close ; and he was soon to require from the hands of others those last honors to the dead , which , while alive , he had shown himself so ready to contribute .
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| Title | The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from Each Play, with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Compiled by | William Dodd |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson, 1849 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 4 May 2010 |
| Length | 345 pages |
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