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,... The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare - Page 19by William Shakespeare - 1826Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1851 - 624 pages
...the original fault had been my fault, because myself hath seen bis demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes ; besides, divers...facetious grace in writing, that approves his art." J This apology was not written by Chettle at some distant period ; it came out in the same year with... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt - 1852 - 566 pages
...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...argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, which approves his art." These allusions to Shakspeare prove how active he had been as early as 1592,... | |
| William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 442 pages
...name of the Lord Admiral, it is impossible to determine. We have previously adverted to this point. in the quality he professes : besides, divers of worship...facetious grace in writing, that approves his art. For the fir=<t, [Marlowe] whose learning I reverence, und at the perusing of Greene s book struck out... | |
| English literature - 1853 - 828 pages
...seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professed : besides [he adds] divers of worship have reported his uprightness of...facetious grace in writing, that approves his art," (p. iv.) This was intended by Chettle, and no doubt received by Shakespeare, as sufficient amends for... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 360 pages
...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...his honesty ; and his facetious grace in writing, which approves his art." In 1593 appeared Venus and Adonis, which Shakespeare himself designates "... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1855 - 280 pages
...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...argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, which approves his art.' From these passing references we gather several important particulars concerning... | |
| Thomas Nelson Publishers - Stratford-upon-Avon (England) - 1859 - 166 pages
...Shakespeare, " I myself have seen his demeanor no lesse civill than he [is] excellent in the qualitie he professes : besides, divers of worship have reported...argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, which approves his art." This shows how high a reputation Shakespeare had already acquired. CHAPTER... | |
| Charles Knight - Dramatists, English - 1860 - 576 pages
...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...which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writmg, that approves his art." In the Induction to ' Cynthia's Revels ' Ben Jonson makes one of the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1861 - 410 pages
...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...facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.' This is a most valuable statement, at once bearing testimony to Shakespeare's worth as a man, and to... | |
| Samuel Neil - Dramatists, English - 1861 - 140 pages
...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...his facetious grace in writing, that approves his wit I protest it was all Greene's, and not mine, nor Master Nash's, as some have unjustly affirmed."... | |
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