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... hypotheses , and it is these very hypotheses more especially that want a proper foundation , as , for instance , his supposition that Shake speare's wife was afflicted in mind ( i . 240 ) . B way , as Lord Bacon once remarked , that large.
... hypotheses , and it is these very hypotheses more especially that want a proper foundation , as , for instance , his supposition that Shake speare's wife was afflicted in mind ( i . 240 ) . B way , as Lord Bacon once remarked , that large.
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... mind , deserved and justified the confidence placed in her , even although ( owing to the very defective education given to women in those days ) , she had never been taught to write , as was the case also with her stepmother.1 However ...
... mind , deserved and justified the confidence placed in her , even although ( owing to the very defective education given to women in those days ) , she had never been taught to write , as was the case also with her stepmother.1 However ...
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... mind , would endeavour , therefore , to carry on both his town and his country occupations . As he possessed sheep , it was of con- sequence to him to make use of the wool for the require- ments of his household as far as possible ; if ...
... mind , would endeavour , therefore , to carry on both his town and his country occupations . As he possessed sheep , it was of con- sequence to him to make use of the wool for the require- ments of his household as far as possible ; if ...
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... mind of the boy . And there is good reason for believing that the boy William Shakespeare moved into this house , with his parents , in 1575. As already stated , the other houses belonging to John Shakespeare were , in all probability ...
... mind of the boy . And there is good reason for believing that the boy William Shakespeare moved into this house , with his parents , in 1575. As already stated , the other houses belonging to John Shakespeare were , in all probability ...
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... mind that the Gregorian calendar was not introduced into England till 1752 , and hence that , according to our chronology , the 23rd of April , 1564 , would correspond to the 3rd of May . ' William Shakespeare was thus the first son and ...
... mind that the Gregorian calendar was not introduced into England till 1752 , and hence that , according to our chronology , the 23rd of April , 1564 , would correspond to the 3rd of May . ' William Shakespeare was thus the first son and ...
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Page 150 - English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, .tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 446 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 142 - 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 369 - But he has done his robberies so openly, that one may see he fears not to be taxed by any law. He invades authors like a monarch ; and what would be theft in other poets, is only victory in him.
Page 185 - You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same abundance as your good fortunes are ; and yet, for aught I see, they are as sick, that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing.
Page 385 - That hath a mint of phrases in his brain : One, whom the music of his own vain tongue Doth ravish, like enchanting harmony...
Page 390 - The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre, Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order...
Page 452 - They say miracles are past ; and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Hence is it that we make trifles of terrors ; ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear.
Page 155 - He is a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and Scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend, than a Jest, jealous of every word and action of those about him (especially after drink) which is one of the Elements in which he liveth...
Page 228 - Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts ; Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance ; Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i...