 I have heard that Mr. Shakspeare was a natural wit, without any art at all ; hee frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days lived at Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for itt had an allowance so large,...  Biographical Essays - Page 94by Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - English drama (Comedy) - 1872 - 480 pages
...London at the time. The vicar, from whose Diary I have already quoted, notes further that Shakespeare "frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days he lived at Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year." That the writer's information... | |
 | Books - 1839 - 658 pages
...to wit, the Lady Bernard of Abbingdon. I have heard that Mr. Shakspeare was a natural wit, without any art at all ; hee frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days lived at Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for itt had an allowance so large,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1839 - 446 pages
...to wit, the Lady Bernard of Abbingdon. I have heard that Mr. Shakspeare was a natural wit, without any art at all ; hee frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days lived at Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for itt had an allowance so large,... | |
 | John Ward - Clergy - 1839 - 356 pages
...to wit, the Lady Bernard of Abbingdon. I have heard that Mr. Shakspeare was a natural wit, without any art at all ; hee frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days lived at Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for itt had an allowance so large,... | |
 | John Ward - 1839 - 344 pages
...to wit, the Lady Bernard of Abbingdon. I have heard that Mr. Shakspeare was a natural wit, without any art at all ; hee frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days lived at Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for itt had an allowance so large,... | |
 | English essays - 1839 - 724 pages
...Bernard of Abbingdon. " 1 have heard that Mr. Shakspeare was a natural wit, without any art at all : bee frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days he lived at Stratfords and supplied the stage with two play every year, and for itt had an allowanc... | |
 | William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1840 - 616 pages
...to wit, the- Lady Bernard of Abbingrlon. I have heard that Mr. Shakspeare was a natural wit, without any art at all ; hee frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days lived at Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for itt had an allowance so large,... | |
 | 1840 - 326 pages
...Bernard of Abbingdon. I have heard that Mr. Shakspeare was a natural wit, without any art at all ; hec frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days lived at Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for itt had an allowance so large,... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1841 - 440 pages
...characteristic entry : — " I have heard tliat Mr. Shakspear was a natural wit, without any art at all ; he frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days lived at Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year : and for it had an allowance so large,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...record of Shakspere's later years: — "I have heard that Mr. Shakspeare was a natural wit, without any art at all ; hee frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days lived at Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for itt had an allowance so large,... | |
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