The British Plutarch, Or Biographical Entertainer: Being a Select Collection of the Lives ... of the Most Eminent Men ... of Great Britain and Ireland ; from the Reign of Henry VIII. to George II. Both Inclusive ...E. Dilly, 1762 - British |
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... character of Shakespear in the words of a great genius , in a Prologue fpoken by Mr. Garrick when he first opened Drury - lane house as manager . When Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First trod the ftage , -immortal ...
... character of Shakespear in the words of a great genius , in a Prologue fpoken by Mr. Garrick when he first opened Drury - lane house as manager . When Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First trod the ftage , -immortal ...
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... character , than ever we can discover while we converfe with him in public , and when , perhaps , he appears under a kind of mask . There are but few things known of this great man ; few incidents of his life have de- fcended to ...
... character , than ever we can discover while we converfe with him in public , and when , perhaps , he appears under a kind of mask . There are but few things known of this great man ; few incidents of his life have de- fcended to ...
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... character of Juftice Shallow . It is at this time , and upon this accident , that he is faid to have made his firft acquaintance in the playhouse . Here I cannot forbear relating a story which Sir William Davenant told Mr. Betterton ...
... character of Juftice Shallow . It is at this time , and upon this accident , that he is faid to have made his firft acquaintance in the playhouse . Here I cannot forbear relating a story which Sir William Davenant told Mr. Betterton ...
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... characters of his time . Queen Elizabeth had feveral of his plays acted before her ; and that princess was too quick a difcerner , and rewarder of merit , to fuffer that of Shakespear's to be neglected . It is that maiden princess ...
... characters of his time . Queen Elizabeth had feveral of his plays acted before her ; and that princess was too quick a difcerner , and rewarder of merit , to fuffer that of Shakespear's to be neglected . It is that maiden princess ...
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... character of Falftaff , in the two parts of Henry IV . that the commanded him to continue in one play more , and to make him in love . This is faid to have been the occafion of his writing the Merry Wives of Windfor . How well he was ...
... character of Falftaff , in the two parts of Henry IV . that the commanded him to continue in one play more , and to make him in love . This is faid to have been the occafion of his writing the Merry Wives of Windfor . How well he was ...
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Page 128 - Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.
Page 10 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company ; and amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing, engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, near Stratford.
Page 21 - ... between penetration and felicity, he hits upon that particular point on which the bent of each argument turns, or the force of each motive depends.
Page 65 - Beg my dead body which, living, was denied thee, and either lay it at Sherborne, if the land continue, or in Exeter church by my father and mother. I can say no more — time and death call me away.
Page 138 - Strafford of high treason, for endeavouring to subvert the ancient and fundamental laws and government of His Majesty's realms of England and Ireland, and to introduce an arbitrary and tyrannical government...
Page 20 - 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, "Caesar, thou dost me wrong," he replied, "Caesar did never wrong but with just cause"; and such like, which were ridiculous.
Page 65 - ... accusers; and send us to meet in his glorious kingdom ! My dear wife, farewell! Bless my poor boy, pray for me, and let my good God hold you. both in his arms ! Written with the dying hand of sometime thy husband, but now, alas! overthrown...
Page 9 - twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war; to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt; the strong-bas'd promontory Have I made shake, and by the spurs pluck'd up The pine and cedar; graves at my command Have wak'd their sleepers, op'd, and let 'em forth By my so potent art.
Page 63 - I trust my blood will quench their malice that have thus cruelly murdered me, and that they will not seek also to kill thee and thine with extreme poverty. To what friend to direct thee I know not, for all mine have left me in the true time of trial; and I plainly perceive that my death was determined from the first day.
Page 5 - I cannot determine; but it is plain he had much reading at least, if they will not call it learning. Nor is it any great matter, if a man has knowledge, whether he has it from one language or from another.