William Shakespeare not an imposter, by an English critic [G.H. Townsend].G. Routledge & Company, 1857 - 122 pages |
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... wish to be known , and the public were , naturally enough , anxious to strip off the mask ; but we have no reason for entertaining the slightest doubt that Shake- speare was the author of at least the majority of the dramas that bear ...
... wish to be known , and the public were , naturally enough , anxious to strip off the mask ; but we have no reason for entertaining the slightest doubt that Shake- speare was the author of at least the majority of the dramas that bear ...
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... wish to find him rise , from the inhabit- ants of the valley and woodland , carrying in his blood the impress of the healthiest and most vir- tuous class possessed in these days by England . " John Shakespeare , the poet's father , took ...
... wish to find him rise , from the inhabit- ants of the valley and woodland , carrying in his blood the impress of the healthiest and most vir- tuous class possessed in these days by England . " John Shakespeare , the poet's father , took ...
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... wishes to fix upon him ; and this over clever disputant has argued upon false pre- mises and come to an opposite conclusion to the one which he wished to establish . In fact he has lost himself in a maze , and while seeking to show that ...
... wishes to fix upon him ; and this over clever disputant has argued upon false pre- mises and come to an opposite conclusion to the one which he wished to establish . In fact he has lost himself in a maze , and while seeking to show that ...
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... that gentleman does not conde- scend to offer note , comment , or explanation , either upon the epistle itself or its author , he evidently wishes his readers to draw the conclusion , from the words which THE BACONIAN THEORY , 39.
... that gentleman does not conde- scend to offer note , comment , or explanation , either upon the epistle itself or its author , he evidently wishes his readers to draw the conclusion , from the words which THE BACONIAN THEORY , 39.
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... wishes to you , are not diminished . " + Whilst upon the continent , Tobie Matthew translated his friend's essays into the Italian language , and in his epistle to the duke of Florence , prefixed to that transla- tion , refers to Lord ...
... wishes to you , are not diminished . " + Whilst upon the continent , Tobie Matthew translated his friend's essays into the Italian language , and in his epistle to the duke of Florence , prefixed to that transla- tion , refers to Lord ...
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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.