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" 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," he replied, "Caesar did never... "
The British Plutarch, Or Biographical Entertainer: Being a Select Collection ... - Page 20
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Meliora, Volumes 7-8

Great Britain - 1865 - 792 pages
...wherein he flowed with that facility that sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped.' * * * ' His wit was in his own power ; would the rule of it had been so too. » » » But ho redeemed his vices with his virtues. There was ever more in him to bo praised...
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Memoirs of the life of William Shakespeare, with an essay toward the ...

Richard Grant White - English drama - 1865 - 454 pages
...it was sometimes necessary he should be stopp'd. Sufflaminandus erat, as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power ; would the rule of it had been so too." The whole of the passage of Seneca from which Jonson quotes, is so notably applicable to Shakespeare...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...expressions; wherein he flowed with that lability that sometimes it was necessary it should l>e stopped. His wit was in his own power; would the rule of it had been so too! But he redeemrtd his vices with his virtues; there was even more in him to be praised thaii...
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New Lamps Or Old?: A Few Additional Words on the Momentous Question ...

Alexander Rivington, Henry Thomas Hall, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Robert Cartwright, William Robson Arrowsmith - 1865 - 254 pages
...lago, the praise being spiced with a delicious bit of malice, he could not help it, 'twas his nature. " 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...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida. Coriolanus. Titus ...

William Shakespeare - 1866 - 728 pages
...sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped : Sufflaminandus erat, as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power : would the rule of it had been so too 1 Many times he fell into those things could not escape laughter : as when he said in the person...
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The Poetical Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1866 - 412 pages
...sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped: Sufflaminandus erat, as Augustus said of Haterius. 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...
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The Authorship of Shakespeare

Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 636 pages
...sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped : Sufflaminandus erat, as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power ; would the rule of it had been so, too. Many times he fell into those things which could not escape laughter, as when he said in the...
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Studies of Shakspere

Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 pages
...sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped : Sufflaminandus erat,as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power ; would the rule of it had been so too." The players had said, in their preface to the first folio — "His mind and hand went together...
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Smaller specimens of English literature, with notes. Ed. by W. Smith

sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped : Sufflaminandus erat, as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power ; would the rule of it had been so too. Many times ho fell into those things could not escape laughter: as when he said in the person...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1872 - 588 pages
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