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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! "
The complete works of William Shakspeare, with notes by the most emiinent ... - Page xi
by William Shakespeare - 1838
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The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere: With the Notes of All ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 318 pages
...his issue ; even so the race Of Of Shakspere's mind, and manners, brightly shines In his well-toned and true-filed lines; In each of which he seems to...so did take Eliza, and our James! But stay; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there : — Shine forth, thou star of poets...
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Poems, with illustrative remarks [ed. by W.C. Oulton]. To which is ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pages
...even so the race Of Shakespeare's mind and manners brightly shines In his well-turned, and true- filed lines ; In each of which he seems to shake a lance,...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 with allowing...
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An Examination of the Charges Maintained by Messrs. Malone, Chalmers, and ...

Octavius Gilchrist - 1808 - 74 pages
...in his issue ; even so the race Of Shakspeare's mind and manners brightly shine* In his well-torned and true-filed lines; In each of which he seems to...yet appear; And make those flights upon the banks of Thame% That so did take Eliza, and our James! But stay; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...the critical, yet must be confess'da poet above many that go beyond him in literature some degrees." In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandish'd...so did take Eliza, and our James! But stay; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there : — Shine forth, thou star of poets...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 5

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 746 pages
...Shakspeare's mind and manners brightly shines In his well-turned, and true filed lines : In each of which be seems to shake a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes...of Avon ! what a sight it were, To see thee in our water yet appear, And make those slights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our...
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Aphorisms from Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pages
...shines In his weli-torhed and true-filed lines ; In each of which he seems to shake a lance Asbrandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet Swan of Avon, what...flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Euza, and our James! But stay ; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there...
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Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - English drama (Comedy) - 1872 - 480 pages
...first conquest of the Queen. That he did captivate her, is told us in Ben Jonson's poem just quoted : " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee...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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Shakespeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1817 - 708 pages
...contemporary notoriety ; for Jonson, in his celebrated eulogy, thus apostrophises his departed friend : — " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee...of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James." That Eh'zabeth « gave him many gracious marks of her favour," has been mentioned by Rowe as a matter...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal

Books - 1819 - 608 pages
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - Theater - 1821 - 668 pages
...WELI-TORNBD and true-filed lines;"] Jonson is here translating the classick phrases tornati et limali versus. In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandish'd...so did take Eliza, and our James ! But stay ; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there : — Shine forth, thou star of poets...
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