Chamber's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 1 |
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... Shakespeare the greatest English poet , was born when Shakespeare was forty - four years old , and was only contemporary with him for the first eight years of life . I. The obscurity with which Shakespeare's biog- raphy has been long ...
... Shakespeare the greatest English poet , was born when Shakespeare was forty - four years old , and was only contemporary with him for the first eight years of life . I. The obscurity with which Shakespeare's biog- raphy has been long ...
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... Shakespeare was admitted may with safety be identified with that under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth's favourite ... Shakespeare's company , which at the time he joined it was known as Lord Leicester's players , afterwards bore the ...
... Shakespeare was admitted may with safety be identified with that under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth's favourite ... Shakespeare's company , which at the time he joined it was known as Lord Leicester's players , afterwards bore the ...
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... SHAKESPEARE'S PORTRAITS . - According to Aubrey's account , Shakespeare was ' a handsome well - shaped man , ' and it is to be regretted that no wholly satisfactory portrait of him exists . The rudely - carved bust on the monument in ...
... SHAKESPEARE'S PORTRAITS . - According to Aubrey's account , Shakespeare was ' a handsome well - shaped man , ' and it is to be regretted that no wholly satisfactory portrait of him exists . The rudely - carved bust on the monument in ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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