The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of EvidenceLongmans, Green, 1902 - 302 pages |
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... verse , of regular lines and irregular , to be traced in each play by the horny eye and the callous finger of a pedant ' ( p . 6 ) . Of such a tabulation of results we have a remarkable example . Mr. Boas tells us that in Henry the ...
... verse , of regular lines and irregular , to be traced in each play by the horny eye and the callous finger of a pedant ' ( p . 6 ) . Of such a tabulation of results we have a remarkable example . Mr. Boas tells us that in Henry the ...
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... verse in the metre of Wolsey's often - quoted soliloquy ? ' - Farewell , a long farewell , to all my greatness ! This is the state of man - to - day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope , to - morrow blossoms , And bears his blushing ...
... verse in the metre of Wolsey's often - quoted soliloquy ? ' - Farewell , a long farewell , to all my greatness ! This is the state of man - to - day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope , to - morrow blossoms , And bears his blushing ...
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... verse , he was unsurpassed ; he eclipsed Lyly ; he out- shone Sidney ; his blank verse , in the opinion of Mr. Coleridge , has nothing equal to it but that of Milton ( p . 181 ) ; and Mr. Swinburne recognises in it the speech of gods ...
... verse , he was unsurpassed ; he eclipsed Lyly ; he out- shone Sidney ; his blank verse , in the opinion of Mr. Coleridge , has nothing equal to it but that of Milton ( p . 181 ) ; and Mr. Swinburne recognises in it the speech of gods ...
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... verse with the best : but Greene informs his friends , who do not seem to have been previously aware of Shakspere's existence , that he was only one of those puppits that speak from our mouths , ' one of those antics garnisht in our ...
... verse with the best : but Greene informs his friends , who do not seem to have been previously aware of Shakspere's existence , that he was only one of those puppits that speak from our mouths , ' one of those antics garnisht in our ...
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... verse with the best , the Shake- speare of the plays , according to Mr. Swinburne , was still under the influence of his evil angel , rhyme ' ( p . 32 ) . From the language of The Groatsworth , Mr. Dyce inferred that before September ...
... verse with the best , the Shake- speare of the plays , according to Mr. Swinburne , was still under the influence of his evil angel , rhyme ' ( p . 32 ) . From the language of The Groatsworth , Mr. Dyce inferred that before September ...
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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.