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Page viii
... in matters of I will give you a sketch - plan here of the matters I propose to deal with , which are by no means of equal im- portance . A I. ROBERT GREENE'S ATTACK ON SHAKESPEARE ( AND OTHERS ) viii THE SECOND PART OF.
... in matters of I will give you a sketch - plan here of the matters I propose to deal with , which are by no means of equal im- portance . A I. ROBERT GREENE'S ATTACK ON SHAKESPEARE ( AND OTHERS ) viii THE SECOND PART OF.
Page xi
... MEANS : WITH CONTEMPORARY REFERENCES TO IT : AND VIEWS OF SOME CRITICS . The three quondam acquaintances that spend their wits in making plays , are Marlowe , Nashe and Peele . Marlowe is obvious . Nashe is called Juvenal by Meres and ...
... MEANS : WITH CONTEMPORARY REFERENCES TO IT : AND VIEWS OF SOME CRITICS . The three quondam acquaintances that spend their wits in making plays , are Marlowe , Nashe and Peele . Marlowe is obvious . Nashe is called Juvenal by Meres and ...
Page xii
... mean acting in our plays , or mean that in his writings he ( Shake- speare ) made use of theirs ( or of their titbits ) is more con- jectural . Probably Greene means the latter implied in the former - that is to say he means both ...
... mean acting in our plays , or mean that in his writings he ( Shake- speare ) made use of theirs ( or of their titbits ) is more con- jectural . Probably Greene means the latter implied in the former - that is to say he means both ...
Page xxvi
... mean , Would entertain so base and vile a thought . " Speeches at Theobald's ( p . 577 , b ) : “ with sacred rites Prepared myself to entertain good thoughts . " For " I mean " here , see note 1 Henry VI . v . v . 20. And Sir Clyomon ...
... mean , Would entertain so base and vile a thought . " Speeches at Theobald's ( p . 577 , b ) : “ with sacred rites Prepared myself to entertain good thoughts . " For " I mean " here , see note 1 Henry VI . v . v . 20. And Sir Clyomon ...
Page xxxviii
... means ghosts . Peele was fond of ghosts who talked . He has a jocular ghost in Old Wives ' Tale ( 455 , b ) ; a good idea . Just below there are two omitted lines of prose poetry undoubtedly Peele's ; he has " hew a passage with your ...
... means ghosts . Peele was fond of ghosts who talked . He has a jocular ghost in Old Wives ' Tale ( 455 , b ) ; a good idea . Just below there are two omitted lines of prose poetry undoubtedly Peele's ; he has " hew a passage with your ...
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Page 28 - ... me bread and water, being a king ; So that, for want of sleep and sustenance, My mind's distempered, and my body's numb'd, And whether I have limbs or no, I know not.
Page vii - The Whole Contention betweene the two Famous Houses, Lancaster and Yorke. With the Tragicall ends of the good Duke Humfrey, Richard Duke of Yorke, and King Henrie the sixt. Diuided into two Parts : And newly corrected and enlarged. Written by William Shakespeare, Gent. Printed at London, for TP" A small quarto, containing 64 leaves, A to Q in fours.