The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from Each Play, with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads |
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Page xiv
Such is the conjecture of Malone ; but it is hardly fair to apply personally to the poet the general maxims that may be discovered in his works . His daughter Susanna was born in the following year . The parish register of Stratford ...
Such is the conjecture of Malone ; but it is hardly fair to apply personally to the poet the general maxims that may be discovered in his works . His daughter Susanna was born in the following year . The parish register of Stratford ...
Page xvii
... And let us meet there ( for a fit of gladness ) , And drink ourselves merry in sober sadness . " When the Stratford lads went over to Bidford , they found the topers were gone to Evesham fair ; but were told , if they ...
... And let us meet there ( for a fit of gladness ) , And drink ourselves merry in sober sadness . " When the Stratford lads went over to Bidford , they found the topers were gone to Evesham fair ; but were told , if they ...
Page xxii
No slight portion of our enthusiasm for his writings , may be traced to the fair picture which they present of our author's character : we love the tenderness of heart — the candor and openness , and singleness of mind - the largeness ...
No slight portion of our enthusiasm for his writings , may be traced to the fair picture which they present of our author's character : we love the tenderness of heart — the candor and openness , and singleness of mind - the largeness ...
Page xxx
... in his introduction to Bartholomew Fair , we find it to have been produced immediately after his arrival . That Titus Andronicus is really the work of Shakspeare , it would be a defiance to all contemporary evidence to doubt .
... in his introduction to Bartholomew Fair , we find it to have been produced immediately after his arrival . That Titus Andronicus is really the work of Shakspeare , it would be a defiance to all contemporary evidence to doubt .
Page lvi
... if the inscription on her tomb present us with a fair estimate of her talents and her virtues , she was the worthy child of Shakspeare . She left one daughter only , who is mentioned in our poet's will , as his " niece Elizabeth .
... if the inscription on her tomb present us with a fair estimate of her talents and her virtues , she was the worthy child of Shakspeare . She left one daughter only , who is mentioned in our poet's will , as his " niece Elizabeth .
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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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