Life of ShakespeareUniversity Society, 1901 - 206 pages |
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... published ( cp . Preface to Midsummer Night's Dream ) . 1577-8 . About this time William was removed from school , owing to his father's financial difficulties . Fourteen was the usual age for boys to leave school and commence ...
... published ( cp . Preface to Midsummer Night's Dream ) . 1577-8 . About this time William was removed from school , owing to his father's financial difficulties . Fourteen was the usual age for boys to leave school and commence ...
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... published Second Fruites — a book of Italian - English dialogues . A sonnet entitled Phaeton to his friend Florio may possibly have been writ- ten by Shakespeare ; but there is no direct evidence . In this year the Queen's players made ...
... published Second Fruites — a book of Italian - English dialogues . A sonnet entitled Phaeton to his friend Florio may possibly have been writ- ten by Shakespeare ; but there is no direct evidence . In this year the Queen's players made ...
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... published , edited by Chettle . In this work there is an address to his " quondam acquaintance that spend their wits in making plays , R. G. wisheth a better exercise and wisdome to prevent his extremities . " Marlowe , Nash , and Peele ...
... published , edited by Chettle . In this work there is an address to his " quondam acquaintance that spend their wits in making plays , R. G. wisheth a better exercise and wisdome to prevent his extremities . " Marlowe , Nash , and Peele ...
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... . ' 1593 . 99 1 In this year was published " Venus & Adonis , " dedicated by the poet to Henry Wriothesley , 1 1 Midsummer Night's Dream ( cp . Preface ) . third Earl of Southampton as " the first heir of 14 1593 ANNALS OF THE.
... . ' 1593 . 99 1 In this year was published " Venus & Adonis , " dedicated by the poet to Henry Wriothesley , 1 1 Midsummer Night's Dream ( cp . Preface ) . third Earl of Southampton as " the first heir of 14 1593 ANNALS OF THE.
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... published this year , printed by Richard Field , and dedi- cated to the Earl of Southampton . ( Five editions , 1594- 1616 ; cp . Preface . ) Soon after the publication of " Lucrece , " " Willobie his Avisa " appeared , with a laudatory ...
... published this year , printed by Richard Field , and dedi- cated to the Earl of Southampton . ( Five editions , 1594- 1616 ; cp . Preface . ) Soon after the publication of " Lucrece , " " Willobie his Avisa " appeared , with a laudatory ...
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Page 11 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Page 28 - Like to the senators of the antique Rome, With the plebeians swarming at their heels, Go forth and fetch their conquering Caesar in : As, by a lower but loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in good time he may, from Ireland coming, Bringing rebellion broached on his sword, How many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him ! much more, and much more cause, Did they this Harry.
Page 40 - 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 21 - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Page 8 - And though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, be lost, yet it is said to have been so very bitter, that it redoubled the prosecution against him to that degree, that he was obliged to leave his business and family in Warwickshire, for some time, and shelter himself in London.
Page 65 - His wit was in his own power ; would the rule of it had been so, too ! Many times he fell into those things, could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him,
Page 65 - I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, " Would he had blotted a thousand," which they thought a malevolent speech.
Page 28 - A fool, a fool ! I met a fool i' the forest, A motley fool ; a miserable world ! As I do live by food, I met a fool ; Who laid him down and basked him in the sun, And railed on Lady Fortune in good terms, In good set terms, and yet a motley fool. ' Good morrow, fool,
Page 10 - If true, here only, and of delicious taste: Betwixt them lawns, or level downs, and flocks Grazing the tender herb, were interposed, Or palmy hillock, or the flowery lap Of some irriguous valley spread her store, Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose...
Page 22 - Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to show him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his writing The Merry Wives of Windsor.