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What people are saying - Write a reviewWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places. Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesacted actors ancient appears Augustine Phillips Ben Jonson Blackfriars Burbadge called characters children of Paul's comedians comedy court Cundall death Decker doth drama dramatick Earl edition Elizabeth England English executors exhibited fame fays Fletcher folio French George Buc give and bequeath Globe Hamlet hath Heminge Henry Chettle Henry Herbert honour interludes Item John John Heminge John Underwood Jonson King Henry King James king's company Lady Latin letter Lond London Lord Lord Chamberlain Majesty Majesty's reward March Master mentioned Michael Drayton Nicholas Tooley night parish passage performed persons piece play playes playhouse poet poet's pounds present printed probably prologue publick Queen reign represented Revels Richard Robert scene servants Shak Shakspeare Shakspeare's Sir Henry Herbert stage suppose theatre theatrical thereof Thomas Thomas Dekker thou tion tragedy translated verses Wentworth Smith wife William D'Avenant writer written Popular passagesPage 194 - The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give. Page 316 - His mind and hand went together ; and what he thought, he uttered with that easiness, that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers. Page 193 - To draw no envy, Shakespeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame; While I confess thy writings to be such As neither man nor Muse can praise too much. Page 193 - Or blind affection, which doth ne'er advance The truth, but gropes, and urgeth all by chance; Or crafty malice might pretend this praise And think to ruin, where it seemed to raise. Page 196 - Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion; and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses... Page 226 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears. Page 215 - Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air. Page 195 - To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time! And all the muses still were in their prime When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears; or like a Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines! Page 137 - Mayor, to enforme him what noblemans servants they are, and so to get licence for their publike playing ; and if the Mayor like the actors, or would shew respect to their lord and master, he appoints them to play their first play before himself, and the Aldermen and Common-Counsell... Page 210 - Acted, have scarce defray'd the sea-coal fire, And door-keepers : when, let but Falstaff come, Hal, Poins, the rest, — you scarce shall have a room, All is so pester'd : Let but Beatrice And Benedick be seen, lo ! in a trice The cock-pit, galleries, boxes, all are full, To hear Malvolio, that cross-garter'd gull. Brief, there is nothing in his wit-fraught book, Whose sound we would not hear, on whose worth look : Like old-coin'd gold, whose lines, in every page, Shall pass true current to succeeding... Bibliographic information
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