The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare: With a Life, Volume 1C & C Whittingham, 1828 |
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Page xix
... mean and servile occupation , thus assigned to him , was incom- patible with his circumstances , even in their present afflicted state : and his relations and connexions , though far from wealthy , were yet too remote from absolute ...
... mean and servile occupation , thus assigned to him , was incom- patible with his circumstances , even in their present afflicted state : and his relations and connexions , though far from wealthy , were yet too remote from absolute ...
Page xxiv
... means of knowing the fact , that the peer gave at one time to his favoured dramatist the mag- nificent present of a thousand pounds . Of the degree of patronage and kindness ex- tended to Shakspeare by the Earls of Pembroke and ...
... means of knowing the fact , that the peer gave at one time to his favoured dramatist the mag- nificent present of a thousand pounds . Of the degree of patronage and kindness ex- tended to Shakspeare by the Earls of Pembroke and ...
Page xxvi
... means of bounty for the reward of talents and of learning . Honour , in short , was all that Shakspeare gained by the favour of two successive sovereigns , each of them versed in literature , each of them fond of the drama , and each of ...
... means of bounty for the reward of talents and of learning . Honour , in short , was all that Shakspeare gained by the favour of two successive sovereigns , each of them versed in literature , each of them fond of the drama , and each of ...
Page xxix
... solicitude or interest . They had given to him the means of easy life , and he sought from them * Epitaph on a Fair Maiden Lady , by Dryden . nothing more . This insensibility in our Author to the WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . xxix.
... solicitude or interest . They had given to him the means of easy life , and he sought from them * Epitaph on a Fair Maiden Lady , by Dryden . nothing more . This insensibility in our Author to the WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . xxix.
Page xxx
... means in their power , to snatch themselves from that oblivion to which Nature had devoted them . It would be unjust , however , to defraud these gentlemen of their proper praise . They have read for men of talents ; and , by their ...
... means in their power , to snatch themselves from that oblivion to which Nature had devoted them . It would be unjust , however , to defraud these gentlemen of their proper praise . They have read for men of talents ; and , by their ...
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Page xxxii - 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...