Shakespeare, the Earl, and the JesuitThe name of the Jesuit Robert Southwell has now and then been linked with Shakespeare's, but vaguely and tentatively. The name of Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Southampton, has been perennially been linked with Shakespeare's, sometimes not vaguely and tentatively enough. This book offers reasons for believing in a relationship among the three men, who were "kinsmen" as their contemporaries understood the term. --From publisher's description. |
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Page 34
... blood ! Over thy wounds now do I prophesy A curse shall light upon the limbs of men ; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy ; Blood and destruction shall be so in use , And dreadful objects so ...
... blood ! Over thy wounds now do I prophesy A curse shall light upon the limbs of men ; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy ; Blood and destruction shall be so in use , And dreadful objects so ...
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... blood and marriage , and that no other kinsman of Southwell's resembled the person ad- dressed , Devlin thought it plausible that " Maister W. S. , " who , the introduction implies , " was a devotee of poetry and perhaps the stage ...
... blood and marriage , and that no other kinsman of Southwell's resembled the person ad- dressed , Devlin thought it plausible that " Maister W. S. , " who , the introduction implies , " was a devotee of poetry and perhaps the stage ...
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... blood relative of Shakespeare . 12 The Copley home in west Sussex , probably well known to the Southwell chil- dren , stood in a " wide semi - circle " of Catholic houses inhabited by Robert's relatives — Shelleys , Gages , and Cottons ...
... blood relative of Shakespeare . 12 The Copley home in west Sussex , probably well known to the Southwell chil- dren , stood in a " wide semi - circle " of Catholic houses inhabited by Robert's relatives — Shelleys , Gages , and Cottons ...
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... blood of children that seems like the juice of " flowers ... untimely cropt , " is also evoked in Shakespeare's poem , when Venus's eyes , which had " fled " at first sight of Adonis's bleeding body , finally opened like " stars " and ...
... blood of children that seems like the juice of " flowers ... untimely cropt , " is also evoked in Shakespeare's poem , when Venus's eyes , which had " fled " at first sight of Adonis's bleeding body , finally opened like " stars " and ...
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... blood " as to live a celibate life ( 1.1.74-75 ) . Monkishly the Duke seems to endorse a religion of " works , " assigning too much value to ascetical exertion . At the same time , however , Theseus assumes that Hermia would not want to ...
... blood " as to live a celibate life ( 1.1.74-75 ) . Monkishly the Duke seems to endorse a religion of " works , " assigning too much value to ascetical exertion . At the same time , however , Theseus assumes that Hermia would not want to ...
Contents
37 | |
Lucrece | 75 |
Ephesus Rome and London | 109 |
Hamlet | 145 |
Alls Well that Ends Well | 201 |
Measure for Measure | 226 |
Conclusion | 256 |
Notes | 260 |
Bibliography | 311 |
Index | 326 |
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