Shakespeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticism on His Genius and Writings; a New Chronology of His Plays; a Disquisition on the Object of His Sonnets; and a History of the Manners, Customs, Amusement, Superstitions, Poetry, and Elegant Literature of His Age, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817 - Dramatists, English |
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... Queen's humours towards my Lord of Essex , do what they can to bring her to favour him ; but it is yet in vain . This young lady , Elizabeth Vernon , was the cousin of the celebrated Earl of Essex , between whom and Southampton ...
... Queen's humours towards my Lord of Essex , do what they can to bring her to favour him ; but it is yet in vain . This young lady , Elizabeth Vernon , was the cousin of the celebrated Earl of Essex , between whom and Southampton ...
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... Queen had embraced the opinion of Monson , rather than that of Essex , and frowned with displeasure on the officer ... Queen's retirement to rest ; and being warned by Willoughby , the officer in waiting , to depart , Raleigh obeyed ...
... Queen had embraced the opinion of Monson , rather than that of Essex , and frowned with displeasure on the officer ... Queen's retirement to rest ; and being warned by Willoughby , the officer in waiting , to depart , Raleigh obeyed ...
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... Queen's knowledge , but , as Camden has informed us , " clean contrary to his instructions . " What was naturally to be expected , therefore , soon occurred ; Lord Southampton was , by the Queen's orders , deprived of his commission ...
... Queen's knowledge , but , as Camden has informed us , " clean contrary to his instructions . " What was naturally to be expected , therefore , soon occurred ; Lord Southampton was , by the Queen's orders , deprived of his commission ...
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... Queen , however , though not altogether appeased , soon began to subside ; and in December 1599 , when Lord Mountjoy was commissioned to supersede Essex in the Lord Lieu- tenancy of Ireland , Lord Southampton was one of the officers ...
... Queen , however , though not altogether appeased , soon began to subside ; and in December 1599 , when Lord Mountjoy was commissioned to supersede Essex in the Lord Lieu- tenancy of Ireland , Lord Southampton was one of the officers ...
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... Queen , " was played forty times in open streets and housest , " has induced Dr. Farmer and Mr. Tyrwhitt to conclude that a play entitled Richard the Second , or Henry the Fourth , existed before Shakspeare's dramas on these subjects ...
... Queen , " was played forty times in open streets and housest , " has induced Dr. Farmer and Mr. Tyrwhitt to conclude that a play entitled Richard the Second , or Henry the Fourth , existed before Shakspeare's dramas on these subjects ...
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