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" 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. "
Life of Shakespeare - Page 22
by Israel Gollancz, Walter Bagehot - 1901 - 206 pages
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pages
...that admirable character of FalstarF, in The Two Parts of Henry the 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 Wiwlsar. How well she was obeyed,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...that admirable character of Falstaff, in The Two Parts of Henry the 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 1Vi"ues of Windsor. How well she was obeyed,...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...that admirable character of Falstaff, in The Two Parts of Henry the 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 Tfie Merry Wives of Windsor. How well she was obeyed,...
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Shakespeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1817 - 708 pages
...admirable character of Falstaff in The Two Parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded Shakspeare to continue it for one play more, and to show him in love." * Rowe adopted this from Dennis, who mentions it as the tradition of his time ; and has also related,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Some account of Shakespeare's ...

William Shakespeare - 1817 - 350 pages
...that admirable character of Falstaff, in The Two Parts of Henry the 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. How well she was obeyed,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: The author's life ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 350 pages
...that admirable character of Falstaff, in The Two Parts of Henry the 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. How well, she was obeyed,...
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The dramatic works of Shakspeare, from the text of Johnson and Stevens [sic ...

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 486 pages
...that admirable character of Falstaff, in the two parts of Henry the 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 T/te Merry Wives of Windsor. How well she was obeyed,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: From the Text of ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1825 - 508 pages
...with that admirable character of FaUtaff, in the Two Parts of Henry Ihe 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 Ihe Merry Wixet of Windsor. How well she was obeyed,...
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The plays and poems of Shakspeare [according to the text of E ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1832 - 426 pages
...with the admirable character of Falstaff in the two parts of Henry IV. that she commanded our author to continue it for one play more, and to show him in love ; a task, which he is said to have completed in a fortnight, to the admiration of his royal patroness,...
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The First Sketch of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 184 pages
...pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff, in the two parts of Henry IV., that she com manded 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.' How well she was obeyed,...
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