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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During this period of his life , which constitutes the poet's years of childhood , the fortune of Master John Shakspeare for so he is uniformly designated in the public writings of the borough , from the time of his acting as high ...
During this period of his life , which constitutes the poet's years of childhood , the fortune of Master John Shakspeare for so he is uniformly designated in the public writings of the borough , from the time of his acting as high ...
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This was the first dawn of better fortune . Shakspeare finding more horses put into his hand than he could hold , hired boys to wait under his inspection , who , when Will Shakspeare was summoned , were immediately to present themselves ...
This was the first dawn of better fortune . Shakspeare finding more horses put into his hand than he could hold , hired boys to wait under his inspection , who , when Will Shakspeare was summoned , were immediately to present themselves ...
Page xxxii
It is true that it was omitted by Heminge and Condell , in their collection of our poet's works ; but this may have proceeded from forgetfulness , and it was only by an afterthought , that Trolius and Cresida escaped a similar fortune .
It is true that it was omitted by Heminge and Condell , in their collection of our poet's works ; but this may have proceeded from forgetfulness , and it was only by an afterthought , that Trolius and Cresida escaped a similar fortune .
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In the 37th sonnet he writes" So I made lame by Fortune's dearest spite , " And , in the 89th , he again alludes to his infirmity , and says " Speak of my lameness , and I straight will halt . " This imperfection would necessarily have ...
In the 37th sonnet he writes" So I made lame by Fortune's dearest spite , " And , in the 89th , he again alludes to his infirmity , and says " Speak of my lameness , and I straight will halt . " This imperfection would necessarily have ...
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The superiority of Shakspeare's genius raised him to a level with his friend . Lord Southampton allowed the gifts of Nature to claim equal privilege with the gifts of Fortune ; and the splendid present of the thousand pounds which our ...
The superiority of Shakspeare's genius raised him to a level with his friend . Lord Southampton allowed the gifts of Nature to claim equal privilege with the gifts of Fortune ; and the splendid present of the thousand pounds which our ...
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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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