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... enter upon now , particularly because it is essentially the province of the literary student . " We did not , and do not , pretend to be equal to a literary labour . We merely , to use an expression of Bacon's , " have taken upon us to ...
... enter upon now , particularly because it is essentially the province of the literary student . " We did not , and do not , pretend to be equal to a literary labour . We merely , to use an expression of Bacon's , " have taken upon us to ...
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... have been dotted down or entered in a commonplace book , without much regard to order , sequence , or priority . It is hardly possible to imagine any man , who had read the collected plays of Shakespeare , writing OF SHAKESPEARE . 27.
... have been dotted down or entered in a commonplace book , without much regard to order , sequence , or priority . It is hardly possible to imagine any man , who had read the collected plays of Shakespeare , writing OF SHAKESPEARE . 27.
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... enter , must be considered a public place or theatre . A theatre being public or private did not , nor does not , depend upon its construction or the de- portment of the auditory , but solely in the cir- cumstances by which admission to ...
... enter , must be considered a public place or theatre . A theatre being public or private did not , nor does not , depend upon its construction or the de- portment of the auditory , but solely in the cir- cumstances by which admission to ...
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... enter per buletini , for a note of distinction from ordinary comedians , towards the end of the play the sheriffs ( who by chance had heard of it ) came in ( as they say ) and carried some six or seven of them to perform the last act of ...
... enter per buletini , for a note of distinction from ordinary comedians , towards the end of the play the sheriffs ( who by chance had heard of it ) came in ( as they say ) and carried some six or seven of them to perform the last act of ...
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... Enter EDGAR . Yet better thus , and knowne to be contemn'd , Than still contemn'd and flatter'd , to be worst : The lowest , most dejected thing of fortune , Stands still in esperance , lives not in fear : The lamentable change is from ...
... Enter EDGAR . Yet better thus , and knowne to be contemn'd , Than still contemn'd and flatter'd , to be worst : The lowest , most dejected thing of fortune , Stands still in esperance , lives not in fear : The lamentable change is from ...
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Page 30 - The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.
Page 72 - King Henry, making a masque at the Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain cannons being shot off at his entry, some of the paper or other stuff wherewith one of them was stopped, did light on the thatch...
Page 20 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 32 - Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James!
Page 31 - 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 Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat...
Page 27 - 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.
Page 76 - Lady in generall termes, telling him what shee liked best in him, and prescribing his gesture in smiling, his apparaile, &c., and then when he came to practise making him believe they tooke him to be mad.
Page 31 - To whom all Scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time...
Page 26 - 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 70 - By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While in the mean time two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers, and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched field?