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" Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James! "
The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey - Page 27
by Thomas De Quincey - 1890 - 439 pages
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 183

English essays - 1848 - 744 pages
...the favour of Queen Elizabeth and James admits of no dispute. Jonson's evidence is quite sufficient. Sweet swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee on our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and...
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An Examination of the Charges Maintained by Messrs. Malone, Chalmers, and ...

Octavius Gilchrist - 1808 - 74 pages
...true-filed lines; In each of which he seems to shake a lance As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, TO see thee...yet appear; And make those flights upon the banks of Thame% That so did take Eliza, and our James! But stay; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and...
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to ...

James Peller Malcolm - Costume - 1811 - 348 pages
...live, to act a second Part. Thats but an Exit of Mortality ; This a Re-entrance to a Plaudite." IM (e Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appeare, And make those flights upon the bankes of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our...
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The Works of Ben Jonson...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory ..., Volume 8

Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 482 pages
...bestowed upon him by " old Ben, who persecuted his memory with clumsy sarcasm, and restless malignity.'' Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our...
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The life of Shakspeare; enquiries into the originality of his dramatic plots ...

Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...delight afforded by Shakspeare to both his sovereigns, was a fact familiar to his contemporaries. " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear: And mark those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James." •(Though Elizabeth...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 pages
...-delight afforded by Shakspeare to both his sovereigns, was a fact familiar to his contemporaries. "Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And mark those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take l.liza and our James" 2). Though Elizabeth...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 540 pages
...true filed lines: In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As hrandish 'd at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet swan of Avon ! what a sight it were, To see thee in our water jet appear, And make those slights upon the hanks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our...
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The New sporting magazine, Volume 15

654 pages
...of the first to bring forward the plays of Shakespeare. He seems to have felt with Ben Jonson — " Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear." The sight has been realized ; and the " Swan of Avon," somewhat ruffled by the neglect...
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Magazin für die Literatur des Auslandes [ed. by J. Lehmann]., Volumes 65-66

Joseph Lehmann - 1864 - 872 pages
...fugttifj ron bem ®eifaUe, ben fle bei ber Äönigtn Slifabetf) unb ti Icnig ЗлсоЬ I. gefunben : Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appeare, And make those flights apon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James! Uní...
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The anniversary calendar, natal book, and universal mirror, Volume 2

Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...as he meets them ' how they wear ! ' Addison . "t ... ....... , .in j, % KJ tin ,-„-„.. -^ j 38 Sweet swan of Avon ! what a sight it were, To see thee in onr waters yet appear; And make those flight* upon the banks of Thame*, That so did take Eliza, and...
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