William Shakespeare Not an ImpostorG. Routledge & Company, 1857 - 122 pages |
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... respecting the authorship of the Letters of Junius at his excuse for starting this question . Junius was a writer who did not wish to be known , and the public were , naturally enough , anxious to strip off the mask ; but we have no ...
... respecting the authorship of the Letters of Junius at his excuse for starting this question . Junius was a writer who did not wish to be known , and the public were , naturally enough , anxious to strip off the mask ; but we have no ...
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... respecting Shakespeare and his family , and the facts established by recent researches , are placed in opposite columns . Mr. William Henry Smith's Account . " It will be desirable , in the first instance , to bring together the best ...
... respecting Shakespeare and his family , and the facts established by recent researches , are placed in opposite columns . Mr. William Henry Smith's Account . " It will be desirable , in the first instance , to bring together the best ...
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... respecting his early years is even more scanty . There is neither record nor ru- mour of his having exhibited any precocity of talent . It is only known that , at the age of eighteen , he contracted , or was inveigled into a marriage ...
... respecting his early years is even more scanty . There is neither record nor ru- mour of his having exhibited any precocity of talent . It is only known that , at the age of eighteen , he contracted , or was inveigled into a marriage ...
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... respecting the condition of the son . Neither the indigence of the former , nor his want of gentle accomplishments , will prove that the latter was not the first poet in the universe . The Omnipotent Ruler of the world hath thought fit ...
... respecting the condition of the son . Neither the indigence of the former , nor his want of gentle accomplishments , will prove that the latter was not the first poet in the universe . The Omnipotent Ruler of the world hath thought fit ...
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... respecting one of the most important matters in English literature . Many of Bacon's letters and papers have been published at different times , and the absence from these of any allusion to this supposed authorship is an additional ...
... respecting one of the most important matters in English literature . Many of Bacon's letters and papers have been published at different times , and the absence from these of any allusion to this supposed authorship is an additional ...
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Page 107 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. He was, indeed, honest, and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility that sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped.
Page 1 - Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by day ; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that showeth best in varied lights.
Page 79 - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Page 96 - ... ordain'd otherwise, and he by death departed from that right, we pray you do not envie his friends the office of their care and paine...
Page 106 - 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.
Page 56 - Have gloz^d, but superficially ; not much Unlike young men, whom Aristotle thought Unfit to hear moral philosophy. The reasons you allege do more conduce To the hot passion of...
Page 100 - Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appeare, And make those flights upon the bankes of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James\ But stay, I see thee in the Hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a Constellation there! Shine forth, thou Starre of Poets, and with rage, Or influence, chide, or cheere the drooping Stage; Which, since thy flight from hence, hath mourn'd like night, And despaires day, but for thy Volumes light.
Page 70 - The warrant I have of your honourable disposition, not the worth of my untutored lines, makes it assured of acceptance. What I have done is yours, what I have to do is yours ; being part in all I have, devoted yours. Were my worth greater my duty would show greater : meantime, as it is, it is bound to your Lordship, to whom I wish long life, still lengthened with all happiness. Your Lordship's in all duty, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
Page 99 - Yet must I not give nature all ; thy art, My gentle SHAKESPEARE, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion : and, that he 278 Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses...
Page 99 - Accius, him of Cordova dead, To life again, to hear thy buskin tread, And shake a stage; or, when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughty Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come.