The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of EvidenceLongmans, Green, 1902 - 302 pages |
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... Troilus and Cressida to Dekker ( v . 249 ) . Mr. Swinburne complains that the most charac- teristic portion of Macbeth has been attributed to Middleton ( p . 19 ) . Mr. Phillipps contends that The Merry Wives of Windsor has been interpo ...
... Troilus and Cressida to Dekker ( v . 249 ) . Mr. Swinburne complains that the most charac- teristic portion of Macbeth has been attributed to Middleton ( p . 19 ) . Mr. Phillipps contends that The Merry Wives of Windsor has been interpo ...
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... Troilus and Cressida the Telamonian Ajax is described as ' cousin - german to great Priam's seed ' ( i . 157 ) . Henry the Sixth , describes the Dauphin as speaking of 36 Of the Scholarship of Shakespeare.
... Troilus and Cressida the Telamonian Ajax is described as ' cousin - german to great Priam's seed ' ( i . 157 ) . Henry the Sixth , describes the Dauphin as speaking of 36 Of the Scholarship of Shakespeare.
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... Cressida cites Aristotle for the edification of Troilus and Paris . Something more remarkable still is to be noted . As Bacon presses the whole mythology of Greece into the ser- vice Of the Scholarship of Shakespeare 37.
... Cressida cites Aristotle for the edification of Troilus and Paris . Something more remarkable still is to be noted . As Bacon presses the whole mythology of Greece into the ser- vice Of the Scholarship of Shakespeare 37.
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... Troilus and Cressida was published with the announcement that the Shake- spearian Plays were the property of certain grand possessors . * The personality of the grand pos- sessors ' of the plays published under the name of As to the ...
... Troilus and Cressida was published with the announcement that the Shake- spearian Plays were the property of certain grand possessors . * The personality of the grand pos- sessors ' of the plays published under the name of As to the ...
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... Troilus and Cressida that the Shake- spearian Comedies were the property of certain grand possessors , ' we can explain much that seems inexplicable in the conduct of the retired Player . We can explain how it came to pass that he never ...
... Troilus and Cressida that the Shake- spearian Comedies were the property of certain grand possessors , ' we can explain much that seems inexplicable in the conduct of the retired Player . We can explain how it came to pass that he never ...
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Page 181 - tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant nettles, or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs, or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness, or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Page 189 - Yet nature is made better by no mean But nature makes that mean : so, over that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race : this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Page 186 - O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that frighted thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath...
Page 222 - The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre, Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order...
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Page 62 - I am as sorry as if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.
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Page 217 - And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial.