Shakespeare's Autobiographical Poems: Being His Sonnets Clearly Developed: with His Character Drawn Chiefly from His Works |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 34
Page 4
... evidences that it is possible for poets , and poets of a high order , to write nothing in discordance , as far as we are enabled to judge , with their lives . But dramatic writers , however honest they may be , are necessarily less ...
... evidences that it is possible for poets , and poets of a high order , to write nothing in discordance , as far as we are enabled to judge , with their lives . But dramatic writers , however honest they may be , are necessarily less ...
Page 5
... evidence from his later plays , in proof of his having visited Italy , so as possibly to make the disbelief of his having been there far more difficult than the belief . But he was not solely a dramatist . He has left us a volume of ...
... evidence from his later plays , in proof of his having visited Italy , so as possibly to make the disbelief of his having been there far more difficult than the belief . But he was not solely a dramatist . He has left us a volume of ...
Page 10
... evidence of his works alone , Chalmers formed an opinion that he had been a lawyer's clerk ; and the first of our critics , in Imaginary Conversations , has , in a delightful fiction , treated it as a certainty . The early life of any ...
... evidence of his works alone , Chalmers formed an opinion that he had been a lawyer's clerk ; and the first of our critics , in Imaginary Conversations , has , in a delightful fiction , treated it as a certainty . The early life of any ...
Page 12
... evidence is as strong in one case as in the other . No one doubts of Greene's allusion , with or without italics ; nor can I agree with Malone , that “ the phrase Hamlets is certainly intelligible without sup- posing an allusion to the ...
... evidence is as strong in one case as in the other . No one doubts of Greene's allusion , with or without italics ; nor can I agree with Malone , that “ the phrase Hamlets is certainly intelligible without sup- posing an allusion to the ...
Page 16
... evidence will be shaken . But , believing that none will differ from me in this point , I as- sume that Shakespeare , while in the country , was in such an office . Thus the above quotations , the one from Nashe , as aimed at ...
... evidence will be shaken . But , believing that none will differ from me in this point , I as- sume that Shakespeare , while in the country , was in such an office . Thus the above quotations , the one from Nashe , as aimed at ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admiration allusions appears argument Banquo beauty believe Ben Jonson Blackfriars Theatre called character comedy compliment criticism death delight doth dramatic dramatist Earl English evidence expression eyes fables fact fame father fault favour feeling flattery friendship genius Gentlemen Gentlemen of Verona give Hamlet happiness Henry honour ignorance imagine Italian Jonson king knowledge language Latin learned lines live look Macbeth Malone means Merchant of Venice mind mistress nature never observed opinion Othello passage passion person play poem poet poet's poetry possessed possibly praise Proteus prove purpose Rape of Lucrece reason Romeo and Juliet scene Shake Shakespeare Sonnets speak speare speare's stage stanza Stratford suppose sweet theatre thee thing thou thought three unities tion Titus Andronicus tragedy true truth Valentine Venice Venus and Adonis verse wife words write written young youth