ShakspereMacmillan, 1893 - 167 pages |
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... Greene ; over his poetry breathes the fresh air of English meadows ; his style is more free , more bright , light , and natural than that of any preceding dramatic poet . Above all , much was due to Christopher Marlowe . His genius was ...
... Greene ; over his poetry breathes the fresh air of English meadows ; his style is more free , more bright , light , and natural than that of any preceding dramatic poet . Above all , much was due to Christopher Marlowe . His genius was ...
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... Greene's Allu- sion . From the baptism of his twins , in February , 1584-85 , we hear nothing of Shakspere ( except the mention of his name in an action in the Queen's Bench , brought by his father against John Lambert , who now held ...
... Greene's Allu- sion . From the baptism of his twins , in February , 1584-85 , we hear nothing of Shakspere ( except the mention of his name in an action in the Queen's Bench , brought by his father against John Lambert , who now held ...
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... Greene in his Greenes Groatsworth of Wit bought with a Million of Repentance , a pamphlet written by its unhappy author upon his deathbed , and published immediately after Greene's death by his executor , Henry Chettle . Here the dying ...
... Greene in his Greenes Groatsworth of Wit bought with a Million of Repentance , a pamphlet written by its unhappy author upon his deathbed , and published immediately after Greene's death by his executor , Henry Chettle . Here the dying ...
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... Greene reminds his friends that Shakspere , in the Third Part of Henry VI . , had stolen from an earlier play of which Greene himself , or Mar- lowe , or both together were authors , and that therefore for them a peculiar ground of ...
... Greene reminds his friends that Shakspere , in the Third Part of Henry VI . , had stolen from an earlier play of which Greene himself , or Mar- lowe , or both together were authors , and that therefore for them a peculiar ground of ...
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Edward Dowden. Greene recognised , by one so much greater than Greene , as a young eagle in boldness and strength of ... Greene's aspersions - the poet dedicated , in 1593 , Venus and Adonis , " the first heire of my invention . ' It ...
Edward Dowden. Greene recognised , by one so much greater than Greene , as a young eagle in boldness and strength of ... Greene's aspersions - the poet dedicated , in 1593 , Venus and Adonis , " the first heire of my invention . ' It ...
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