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... tells us that the Poet's father " could give him no bet education than his own employment . " John Shakespea as we have seen , was so far occupied with agriculture as be legally styled a " yeoman . " Nor am I sure but the : cient ...
... tells us that the Poet's father " could give him no bet education than his own employment . " John Shakespea as we have seen , was so far occupied with agriculture as be legally styled a " yeoman . " Nor am I sure but the : cient ...
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... tells us that " he thought fit to marry while he was very young , " and that " his wife was the daughter of one Hathaway , said to have been a substan- tial yeoman in the neighbourhood of Stratford . " These statements are borne out by ...
... tells us that " he thought fit to marry while he was very young , " and that " his wife was the daughter of one Hathaway , said to have been a substan- tial yeoman in the neighbourhood of Stratford . " These statements are borne out by ...
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... tell , Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew : Nor did I wonder at the lily's white , Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose ; They were but sweet , but figures of delight , Drawn after you ; you pattern of all those ...
... tell , Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew : Nor did I wonder at the lily's white , Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose ; They were but sweet , but figures of delight , Drawn after you ; you pattern of all those ...
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... tells us " he was received into the play- house as a servitor " ; which probably means that he started as an apprentice to some actor of standing , a thing not unusual at the time . It will readily be believed that he could not be in ...
... tells us " he was received into the play- house as a servitor " ; which probably means that he started as an apprentice to some actor of standing , a thing not unusual at the time . It will readily be believed that he could not be in ...
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... tells us that Shakespeare " wa handsome , well - shaped man , " which is no slight ma on the stage ; and adds , " He ... tell , none better , how thing ought to be done , is evident enough from Haml From the first de- ts , and did ...
... tells us that Shakespeare " wa handsome , well - shaped man , " which is no slight ma on the stage ; and adds , " He ... tell , none better , how thing ought to be done , is evident enough from Haml From the first de- ts , and did ...
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SHAKESPEARES THE WINTERS TALE William 1564-1616 Shakespeare,Henry Norman 1814-1886 Hudson, Ed No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 438 - The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.
Page 48 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an. open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...
Page 39 - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Page 210 - The reason is, your spirits are attentive ; For do but note a wild and wanton herd, Or race of youthful and unhandled colts, Fetching mad bounds, bellowing, and neighing loud, Which is the hot condition of their blood; If they but hear perchance a trumpet sound, Or any air of music touch their ears, You shall perceive them make a mutual stand, Their savage eyes turned to a modest gaze, By the sweet power of music.
Page 199 - I'll kneel down And ask of thee forgiveness: so we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, — Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out; — And take upon's the mystery of things, As if we were God's spies...
Page 31 - ... supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 293 - Christian is ? if you prick us, do we not bleed ? if you tickle us, do we not laugh ? if you poison us, do we not die ? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge ? if we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility ? revenge ; If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? why, revenge. The villainy, you teach me, I will execute ; and it shall go hard, but I will better the instruction.
Page 37 - 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!
Page 202 - O ! they have lived long on the alms-basket of words. I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word ; for thou art not so long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibus: thou art easier swallowed than a flap-dragon.
Page 219 - In these two princely boys. They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head ; and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchaf d, as the rud'st wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine, And make him stoop to the vale.