William Shakespeare not an imposter, by an English critic [G.H. Townsend].G. Routledge & Company, 1857 - 122 pages |
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... writer ; the second , one which certainly tells strongly in favour of his theory , and which has been on several occasions alluded to in these columns , namely , the very remarkable circumstance that nowhere in the writings of ...
... writer ; the second , one which certainly tells strongly in favour of his theory , and which has been on several occasions alluded to in these columns , namely , the very remarkable circumstance that nowhere in the writings of ...
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... writer who did not 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 ...
... writer who did not 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 ...
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... writer's attention has been directed to some articles of great merit in the Saturday Review , exposing some of the evils to which he alludes . Their conclusions are as erroneous as their style is faulty 14 THE ASSAILANTS.
... writer's attention has been directed to some articles of great merit in the Saturday Review , exposing some of the evils to which he alludes . Their conclusions are as erroneous as their style is faulty 14 THE ASSAILANTS.
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... write . Those are most applauded who have the trick of flattering the follies of the hour ; who , by their vulgarity , have won the goodwill of the vulgar . To exaggerate and distort is their vocation . Mounte- banks have succeeded the ...
... write . Those are most applauded who have the trick of flattering the follies of the hour ; who , by their vulgarity , have won the goodwill of the vulgar . To exaggerate and distort is their vocation . Mounte- banks have succeeded the ...
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... writer in a recent Quarterly Review : - " Wolf's erudite dis- ciples , if they can be said to have agreed on anything besides the great general articles of misbelief , seem to have instinctively concurred in an antipathy to these time ...
... writer in a recent Quarterly Review : - " Wolf's erudite dis- ciples , if they can be said to have agreed on anything besides the great general articles of misbelief , seem to have instinctively concurred in an antipathy to these time ...
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Page 119 - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
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 99 - ... and that he Who casts to write a living line must sweat (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses...
Page 91 - EPITAPH. ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE. UNDERNEATH this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother : Death, ere thou hast slain another, Fair, and learned, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Page 94 - ... where [before] you were abus'd with diverse stolne, and surreptitious copies, maimed and deformed by the frauds and stealthes of injurious impostors, that expos' d them : even those, are now offer'd to your view cur'd, and perfect of their limbes ; and all the rest, absolute in their numbers, as he conceived them.
Page 89 - ... one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration that had been in many ages : in his adversity, I ever prayed that God would give him strength, for greatness he could not want...
Page 103 - What things have we seen Done at the ' Mermaid ? ' Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.