Biography: Or, Third Division of "The English Encyclopedia", Band 5Charles Knight Bradbury, Evans & Company, 1867 |
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... letter of thanks , accompanied by the first class order of St. George . In March 1849 , the rebellion in Hungary incited the Italians to make a new attempt to establish their independence ; but it was rendered abortive by the prompt and ...
... letter of thanks , accompanied by the first class order of St. George . In March 1849 , the rebellion in Hungary incited the Italians to make a new attempt to establish their independence ; but it was rendered abortive by the prompt and ...
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... letter which appears among his works , to put down the earl , and not to fear " the after - revenges " of his friends or his son ; but it is doubtful whether this letter was written before or after the condemnation of Essex , as it has ...
... letter which appears among his works , to put down the earl , and not to fear " the after - revenges " of his friends or his son ; but it is doubtful whether this letter was written before or after the condemnation of Essex , as it has ...
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... letters , and a collection of small poems . He had two sons by his wife : the elder was killed in South America ... letter to her Grace , by a Woman of Quality , ' London , 1742 . This is the ablest and most important of the various ...
... letters , and a collection of small poems . He had two sons by his wife : the elder was killed in South America ... letter to her Grace , by a Woman of Quality , ' London , 1742 . This is the ablest and most important of the various ...
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... Letters to Clement VII . concerning the affairs of Muscovy ; Paul Giovio , Reports on the affairs of Muscovy , by him collected ; Herbestein , Commentaries on Muscovy and Russia ; Arrian's Letter to Hadrian concerning the Euxine ...
... Letters to Clement VII . concerning the affairs of Muscovy ; Paul Giovio , Reports on the affairs of Muscovy , by him collected ; Herbestein , Commentaries on Muscovy and Russia ; Arrian's Letter to Hadrian concerning the Euxine ...
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... letter , in which he abused the clergy , and bishops in particular , in the most virulent manner . He had long since openly renounced his priestly character , and spoke of him- self as " having been once a priest . " From Spa he ...
... letter , in which he abused the clergy , and bishops in particular , in the most virulent manner . He had long since openly renounced his priestly character , and spoke of him- self as " having been once a priest . " From Spa he ...
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Seite 453 - Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugared sonnets among his private friends, etc. "As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Seite 451 - ... if your honour seem but pleased, I account myself highly praised, and vow to take advantage of all idle hours, till I have honoured you with some graver labour.
Seite 451 - For this he was prosecuted by that gentleman, as he thought, somewhat too severely ; and in order to revenge that ill usage, he made a ballad upon him. And though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, be lost, yet it is said to have been so very bitter, that it redoubled the prosecution against him to that degree, that he was obliged to leave his business and family in Warwickshire, for some time, and shelter himself in London.
Seite 455 - The humour of ... the constable, in A Midsummer Night's Dreame, he happened to take at Grendon, in Bucks, which is the roade from London to Stratford, and there was living that constable about 1642, when I first came to Oxon.
Seite 267 - Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer...
Seite 451 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company ; and amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing, engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, near Stratford. For this he was prosecuted by that gentleman, as he thought, somewhat too severely ; and in order to revenge that ill usage, he made a ballad upon him.
Seite 97 - Half a Dozen of them when met to work with their Needles, used, when they got a Book they liked, and thought I should, to borrow me to read to them ; their Mothers sometimes with them; and both Mothers and Daughters used to be pleased with the Observations they put me upon making.
Seite 445 - Steevens, the most acute, and perhaps the most learned, of his commentators, stated, long before, that " all that is known with any degree of certainty concerning Shakespeare is — that he was • born at Stratford-upon-Avon — married and had children there — went to London, where he commenced actor and wrote poems and plays — returned to Stratford, made his will, died, and was buried.
Seite 449 - ... as gentlemen. His father, who was a considerable dealer in wool, had so large a family, ten children in all, that though he was his eldest son, he could give him no better education than his own employment.
Seite 39 - The Whole Booke of Psalmes : With the Hymnes Evangelicall and Songs Spirituall. Composed into 4 parts by Sundry Authors with severall Tunes as have been and are usually sung in England, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Italy, France, and the Netherlands : Never as yet before in one Volume published.