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" 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... "
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 183

English essays - 1848 - 744 pages
...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 our James. This is supported by Chettle in 1603, by Rowe, and by Otway, and that this admiration of the poet was...
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The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere: With the Notes of All ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 318 pages
...ignorance. 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! But stay; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there : — Shine forth,...
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Poems, with illustrative remarks [ed. by W.C. Oulton]. To which is ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pages
...ignorance, 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! But stay — I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and make a constellation there: * Ben, not satisfied...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...ignorance. 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! But stay; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there : — Shine forth,...
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Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - English drama (Comedy) - 1872 - 480 pages
...quoted : " 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 ! " King John, King Richard the Second, King Richard the Third, A Midsummer-Nights Dream, and the original...
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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
...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 James ! But stay, I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation there ! Shine forth, thou...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 17

England - 1825 - 806 pages
...? Was not Chaucer the favourite of Edward ? — was it not " the sweet swan of Avon" that winged " those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James ?" Were Dryden, Pope, Swift, Addison, Johnson, Burke — were they all mere exceptions to the rule, that contemporary...
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Ueber dramatische Kunst und Literatur, Volume 3

August Wilhelm von Schlegel - Drama - 1817 - 458 pages
...fo glánjenben ©dingen, unter fo «»«gejei^nete« 5gctoeifen bet Slotting «nb *) 35en And make those flights upon the banks of Thames. That so did take Eliza, and our J»mtt! rung femer Jeitgenoffen wire ев wob. l feltfam, ®b,effpcere'n, ungeedjtet ber ibm eignen...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - Theater - 1821 - 668 pages
...ignorance. 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 ! But stay ; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there : — Shine forth,...
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The Life of Shakespeare: Enquiries Into the Originality of His ..., Volume 1

Augustine Skottowe - Dramatists, English - 1824 - 402 pages
...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." f Though Elizabeth and her successor were admirers of Shakspeare, and of theatrical amusements generally,...
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