William Shakespeare not an imposter, by an English critic [G.H. Townsend].G. Routledge & Company, 1857 - 122 oldal |
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... reputation of the mighty dead to plead the controversy that has arisen respecting the authorship of the Letters of Junius at his excuse for starting this question . Junius was a writer who did not wish to be known , and the public were ...
... reputation of the mighty dead to plead the controversy that has arisen respecting the authorship of the Letters of Junius at his excuse for starting this question . Junius was a writer who did not wish to be known , and the public were ...
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... reputations of the good and the gifted have been invariably assailed , as well as at the manner in which their hostility has been manifested . These classes are the over - learned , who account for every- thing upon theory , and the ...
... reputations of the good and the gifted have been invariably assailed , as well as at the manner in which their hostility has been manifested . These classes are the over - learned , who account for every- thing upon theory , and the ...
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... reputation of their own to lose . The leveller has generally but little to boast of : he would not be so anxious to pull down and destroy , did he possess anything worthy of defence . It is the same in literature as in the common- weal ...
... reputation of their own to lose . The leveller has generally but little to boast of : he would not be so anxious to pull down and destroy , did he possess anything worthy of defence . It is the same in literature as in the common- weal ...
19. oldal
... reputation to pieces . So to work they went ; and mighty were the results . They could not annihilate the man Shakespeare , but they might reduce the poet within reasonable dimen- sions . This was the expedient by which they hoped to ...
... reputation to pieces . So to work they went ; and mighty were the results . They could not annihilate the man Shakespeare , but they might reduce the poet within reasonable dimen- sions . This was the expedient by which they hoped to ...
20. oldal
... reputation in their own country , not only of uni- versal critics , but of original poets , who painfully trans- late , edit , and comment upon the Fore - school of Shakspeare , ' that is , the limping poetasters that wrote plays before ...
... reputation in their own country , not only of uni- versal critics , but of original poets , who painfully trans- late , edit , and comment upon the Fore - school of Shakspeare , ' that is , the limping poetasters that wrote plays before ...
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admiration Advancement of Learning amongst assailed assertion authorship Bacon and Shakespeare Baconian theory bard Ben Jonson Cæsar careless of fame character comedy composition contemporaries critics dead dedicated delight doth dramas of Shakespeare dramatist Earl of Southampton English Essays established Euphorbus evidence fact favour folio edition Francis Bacon friendship genius gentle hath HENRIE CONDELL honour impostor intent upon money-getting JOHN HEMINGE John Shakespeare Jonson JULIUS CÆSAR kind King labour letter literary literature Lord Bacon Lord Southampton Lordship Lucrece manner memory merits mighty mind Muses nature never noble Notes and Queries opinion pamphlet passages person plays poems poet poet's possessed productions proofs prove published readers received reference regarded reputation says Shake Sonnets speak speare Stratford-upon-Avon testimony thou tion Tobie Matthew Troilus and Cressida truth Twelfth Night Venus and Adonis verses William Henry Smith William Shakespeare wish word worthy write written wrote
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119. oldal - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
1. oldal - Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by day ; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that showeth best in varied lights.
79. oldal - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
96. oldal - ... ordain'd otherwise, and he by death departed from that right, we pray you do not envie his friends the office of their care and paine...
106. oldal - 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.
99. oldal - ... and that he Who casts to write a living line must sweat (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses...
91. oldal - EPITAPH. ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE. UNDERNEATH this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother : Death, ere thou hast slain another, Fair, and learned, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
94. oldal - ... where [before] you were abus'd with diverse stolne, and surreptitious copies, maimed and deformed by the frauds and stealthes of injurious impostors, that expos' d them : even those, are now offer'd to your view cur'd, and perfect of their limbes ; and all the rest, absolute in their numbers, as he conceived them.
89. oldal - ... one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration that had been in many ages : in his adversity, I ever prayed that God would give him strength, for greatness he could not want...
103. oldal - What things have we seen Done at the ' Mermaid ? ' Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.