William Shakespeare not an imposter, by an English critic [G.H. Townsend].G. Routledge & Company, 1857 - 122 pages |
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... speaking of Miss Edgeworth , says , that the rich humour , pathetic tenderness , and admirable tact that she displayed in her sketches of character , led him first to think that something might be attempted for his own country of the ...
... speaking of Miss Edgeworth , says , that the rich humour , pathetic tenderness , and admirable tact that she displayed in her sketches of character , led him first to think that something might be attempted for his own country of the ...
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... speak most charitably of their conduct , can have but a feeble notion of its real importance . The author of the present defence of Shakespeare— very careful to give this purblind critic's name in full . It is fit that the public should ...
... speak most charitably of their conduct , can have but a feeble notion of its real importance . The author of the present defence of Shakespeare— very careful to give this purblind critic's name in full . It is fit that the public should ...
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... speak with certainty upon the matter , or the silent yet not less certain testimony of evidence called circumstantial , turned pursuit in another direction ; and if to this hour the authorship of those Letters , that created a wonderful ...
... speak with certainty upon the matter , or the silent yet not less certain testimony of evidence called circumstantial , turned pursuit in another direction ; and if to this hour the authorship of those Letters , that created a wonderful ...
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... speak of as the other great dramatists of the Elizabethan period . One makes every allowance for the purblind ecstasies of pro- fessed black - letter moles and grubs at home or abroad ; but what are we to say when we find persons ...
... speak of as the other great dramatists of the Elizabethan period . One makes every allowance for the purblind ecstasies of pro- fessed black - letter moles and grubs at home or abroad ; but what are we to say when we find persons ...
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... speak the language proper to each with a facility that was perfectly natural . ' 3. That he wrote and assisted at bal - masques , and was the intimate friend of Lord Southampton , the acknowledged patron of Shakspeare . 4. That the ...
... speak the language proper to each with a facility that was perfectly natural . ' 3. That he wrote and assisted at bal - masques , and was the intimate friend of Lord Southampton , the acknowledged patron of Shakspeare . 4. That the ...
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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.