Meliora, 7–8. köidePartridge & Company, 1865 |
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... wife mortgaged the estate of Ashbies for 401 .; in 1579 they sold their immediate interest in some property in Snitterfield for 41. , and in 1580 their reversionary interest for 401 .; about 1577 , John Shakespeare became irregular in ...
... wife mortgaged the estate of Ashbies for 401 .; in 1579 they sold their immediate interest in some property in Snitterfield for 41. , and in 1580 their reversionary interest for 401 .; about 1577 , John Shakespeare became irregular in ...
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... Wives of Windsor ' was produced and per- formed before Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth in 1601. On 8th September , John Shakespere , whose name occurs 150 times in the Stratford Records , was buried . 6 In May , 1602 , William Shakespeare ...
... Wives of Windsor ' was produced and per- formed before Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth in 1601. On 8th September , John Shakespere , whose name occurs 150 times in the Stratford Records , was buried . 6 In May , 1602 , William Shakespeare ...
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... to lead his L'Allegro ' To the well - trode stage anon , If Jonson's learned sock be on , Or sweetest Shakespeare , Fancy's child , Warble his native wood - notes wild . ' ' Susanna , ' Susanna , wife of John Hall , gent ;
... to lead his L'Allegro ' To the well - trode stage anon , If Jonson's learned sock be on , Or sweetest Shakespeare , Fancy's child , Warble his native wood - notes wild . ' ' Susanna , ' Susanna , wife of John Hall , gent ;
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' Susanna , wife of John Hall , gent ; the daughter of Wm . Shakespeare , gent . She deceased the 11th of July , A : 1649 , aged 66 , ' and we read besides this , on her tombstone , ' Witty above her sex , but that's not all , Wise to ...
' Susanna , wife of John Hall , gent ; the daughter of Wm . Shakespeare , gent . She deceased the 11th of July , A : 1649 , aged 66 , ' and we read besides this , on her tombstone , ' Witty above her sex , but that's not all , Wise to ...
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... wife and daughters did earnestly desire to be laid in the same grave with him . ' About the year 1700 , Betterton , the actor , made inquiries regarding the dramatist , and communicated the materials to Nicholas Rowe , who , in 1709 ...
... wife and daughters did earnestly desire to be laid in the same grave with him . ' About the year 1700 , Betterton , the actor , made inquiries regarding the dramatist , and communicated the materials to Nicholas Rowe , who , in 1709 ...
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Page 69 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Page 74 - Poor stuff! No, sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Page 38 - His father was a butcher, and I have been told heretofore by some of the neighbours that when he was a boy he exercised his father's trade, but when he killed a calf he would do it in a high style, and make a speech.
Page 37 - I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand.
Page 37 - 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 113 - All things are full of labour ; man cannot utter it : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Page 26 - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, 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 29 - 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 38 - Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances.
Page 42 - To leave for nothing all thy sum of good; For nothing this wide universe I call Save thou, my rose; in it thou art my all.