The Life of William Shakespeare: Including Many Particulars Respecting the Poet and His Family Never Before Published |
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... yard . The above plan is taken from Mr. Wheler's Account of the Birth - Place of Shakspeare , ' 1824. The partitions which were made of the land originally belonging to this property do not appear to have been correctly identified ...
... yard . The above plan is taken from Mr. Wheler's Account of the Birth - Place of Shakspeare , ' 1824. The partitions which were made of the land originally belonging to this property do not appear to have been correctly identified ...
Page 60
... of Warwicke , and Mary his wief , that whereas your saide oratours were lawfully seised in their demesne as of fee , as in the righte of the saide Mary , of and in one mesuage and one yard land with thappurtenaunces , lyinge 60 THE LIFE OF.
... of Warwicke , and Mary his wief , that whereas your saide oratours were lawfully seised in their demesne as of fee , as in the righte of the saide Mary , of and in one mesuage and one yard land with thappurtenaunces , lyinge 60 THE LIFE OF.
Page 61
... yard land with thappurtenaunces , lyinge and beinge in Wylnecote , in the saide county : And they beinge thereof so sesed , for and in consideracion of the some of fowerty pounds to them , by one Edmounde Lamberte of Barton on the Heath ...
... yard land with thappurtenaunces , lyinge and beinge in Wylnecote , in the saide county : And they beinge thereof so sesed , for and in consideracion of the some of fowerty pounds to them , by one Edmounde Lamberte of Barton on the Heath ...
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... yard land in Shottery aforesaid in the parishe of Stratford aforesaid , of the yearely value of x.li. for and duringe all the residue of the said terme of lxxxxij . yeares yet to come and unexpired ; and Richard Kempson of Bynton one yard ...
... yard land in Shottery aforesaid in the parishe of Stratford aforesaid , of the yearely value of x.li. for and duringe all the residue of the said terme of lxxxxij . yeares yet to come and unexpired ; and Richard Kempson of Bynton one yard ...
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... yard land , noe common nor grownd beyond Gospell - bush , nor grownd in Sandfield , nor none in Slow - hill - field beyond Bishopton , nor none in the enclosures beyond Bishopton . Thomas Parker in right of his wief half a yard land ...
... yard land , noe common nor grownd beyond Gospell - bush , nor grownd in Sandfield , nor none in Slow - hill - field beyond Bishopton , nor none in the enclosures beyond Bishopton . Thomas Parker in right of his wief half a yard land ...
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Page 144 - Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James...
Page 120 - 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...
Page 175 - I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand.
Page 120 - Upon his leaving school, he seems to have given entirely into that way of living which his father proposed to him ; and, in order to settle in the world after a family manner, he thought fit to marry while he was yet very young. His wife was the daughter of one Hathaway, said to have been a substantial yeoman in the neighbourhood of Stratford.
Page 127 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand.
Page 181 - As Epius Stolo said that the Muses would speake with Plautus tongue, if they would speak Latin; so I say that the Muses would speak with Shakespeares fine filed phrase, if they would speake English.
Page 138 - I am as sorry as if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.
Page 189 - At our feast wee had a play called 'twelve Night, or what you will'; much like the commedy of errores, or Menechmi in Plautus, but most like and neere to that in Italian called Inganni. A good practise in it to make the Steward...
Page 136 - And thou no less deserving than the other two, in some things rarer, in nothing inferior; driven (as myself) to extreme shifts, a little have I to say to thee: and were it not an idolatrous oath, I would swear by sweet S. George, thou art unworthy better hap, sith * thou dependest on so mean a stay.
Page 77 - Avon, one Combes, an old rich usurer, was to be buryed, he makes there this extemporary epitaph, Ten in the hundred the Devill allowes, But Combes will have twelve, he sweares and vowes : If any one askes who lies in this tombe, ' Hoh ! ' quoth the Devill,