Life of ShakespeareUniversity Society, 1901 - 206 pages |
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... remarkable for the many allusions to Stratford and the neighbourhood in the Inductions ' ( cp . Preface ) . 1 e.g. " Old Sly of Burton Heath " ( Barton - on - the - Heath ) ; Marian Hacket of Wincot ; " Old John Naps of Greece " ( Greet ...
... remarkable for the many allusions to Stratford and the neighbourhood in the Inductions ' ( cp . Preface ) . 1 e.g. " Old Sly of Burton Heath " ( Barton - on - the - Heath ) ; Marian Hacket of Wincot ; " Old John Naps of Greece " ( Greet ...
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... remarkable kind ; but it is not dis- played in a manner that will please or does please the mass of men . In spite of the name of its author , the poem has never been popular - and surely this is sufficient . Never- theless , it is ...
... remarkable kind ; but it is not dis- played in a manner that will please or does please the mass of men . In spite of the name of its author , the poem has never been popular - and surely this is sufficient . Never- theless , it is ...
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... remarkable rectitude . It has , we believe , been doubted whether Shakespeare was a man much conversant with the intimate society of women . Of course no one denies that he possessed a great knowledge of them — a capital acquaintance ...
... remarkable rectitude . It has , we believe , been doubted whether Shakespeare was a man much conversant with the intimate society of women . Of course no one denies that he possessed a great knowledge of them — a capital acquaintance ...
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... them the stories of his plays ; he read Plutarch , for his words still live in the dialogue of the " proud Roman " plays ; and it is remarkable that Mon- taigne is the only philosopher that Shakespeare can be proved 42 SHAKESPEARE ,
... them the stories of his plays ; he read Plutarch , for his words still live in the dialogue of the " proud Roman " plays ; and it is remarkable that Mon- taigne is the only philosopher that Shakespeare can be proved 42 SHAKESPEARE ,
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... remarkable intellectual development on record . There is , I suppose , no great writer who shows so distinctly the growth and varying direction of his poetical faculty . We watch Shakespeare from the first period of authorship ...
... remarkable intellectual development on record . There is , I suppose , no great writer who shows so distinctly the growth and varying direction of his poetical faculty . We watch Shakespeare from the first period of authorship ...
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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.