ShakspereMacmillan, 1893 - 167 pages |
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... perhaps a little Greek . The amount of Shakspere's classi- cal learning has been described by his more scholarly fellow - playwright , Ben Jonson , as " small Latin and less Greek ; " and it is certain that , in using Greek and Latin ...
... perhaps a little Greek . The amount of Shakspere's classi- cal learning has been described by his more scholarly fellow - playwright , Ben Jonson , as " small Latin and less Greek ; " and it is certain that , in using Greek and Latin ...
Page 15
... perhaps during his London life - Shakspere seems to have learned something of French , and possibly also of Italian . In the first year in which Shakspere could have been admitted to the Free Grammar School , his father became chief ...
... perhaps during his London life - Shakspere seems to have learned something of French , and possibly also of Italian . In the first year in which Shakspere could have been admitted to the Free Grammar School , his father became chief ...
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... perhaps urged it on , that Anne's child might be born in lawful wedlock . Whether it proved a happy marriage or the reverse - so little do we know of Shakspere's life — remains a matter of mere conjecture . For four or five years he ...
... perhaps urged it on , that Anne's child might be born in lawful wedlock . Whether it proved a happy marriage or the reverse - so little do we know of Shakspere's life — remains a matter of mere conjecture . For four or five years he ...
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... perhaps it was that Shakspere decided to leave his native town , and seek his fortune in the world of London . A story , alleged to have come from Sir W. Davenant , that Shakspere's first employment in connection with the theatre , was ...
... perhaps it was that Shakspere decided to leave his native town , and seek his fortune in the world of London . A story , alleged to have come from Sir W. Davenant , that Shakspere's first employment in connection with the theatre , was ...
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... perhaps John Lyly , perhaps the comic actor , Tarleton , who had but lately died when Spenser wrote the poem . The first certain reference to Shakspere which has been discovered is that of the dramatist Robert Greene in his Greenes ...
... perhaps John Lyly , perhaps the comic actor , Tarleton , who had but lately died when Spenser wrote the poem . The first certain reference to Shakspere which has been discovered is that of the dramatist Robert Greene in his Greenes ...
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