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This statement is supported by the authority of a document , preserved in the College of Heralds , conferring the grant of a coat of arms on John Shakspeare , the father of the poet , in which the title of gentleman is ...
This statement is supported by the authority of a document , preserved in the College of Heralds , conferring the grant of a coat of arms on John Shakspeare , the father of the poet , in which the title of gentleman is ...
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In the MS . notes which Aubrey had collected for a life of the poet , it is affirmed , that " his father was a butcher ; " while , on the other hand , it is stated by Rowe that he was " a considerable dealer in wool .
In the MS . notes which Aubrey had collected for a life of the poet , it is affirmed , that " his father was a butcher ; " while , on the other hand , it is stated by Rowe that he was " a considerable dealer in wool .
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In a subscription for the relief of the poor , 1564 , out of twenty - four persons , twelve gave more , six the same , and six less , than the poet's father ; and in a second subscription , of fourteen persons , eight gave more ...
In a subscription for the relief of the poor , 1564 , out of twenty - four persons , twelve gave more , six the same , and six less , than the poet's father ; and in a second subscription , of fourteen persons , eight gave more ...
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The prosperity of his father was not of permanent duration . In 1578 , Mr. John Shakspeare mortgaged the estate which he had received from his wife ; in the following year he was exempted from the contribution of four - pence a week for ...
The prosperity of his father was not of permanent duration . In 1578 , Mr. John Shakspeare mortgaged the estate which he had received from his wife ; in the following year he was exempted from the contribution of four - pence a week for ...
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... or indeed from experience in the quirks and technicalities of the law , during the course of his own and his father's difficulties ; I have little hesitation in classing this among the many ingenious but unsound conjectures of the ...
... or indeed from experience in the quirks and technicalities of the law , during the course of his own and his father's difficulties ; I have little hesitation in classing this among the many ingenious but unsound conjectures of the ...
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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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