 Will in that station, was the faint, general, and almost lost ideas, he had of having once seen him act a part in one of his own comedies, wherein being to personate a decrepit old man, he wore a long beard, and appeared so weak and drooping and unable...  Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life - Page 45by William Shakespeare - 1847Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1890 - 478 pages
...your fortunes : Giue vs fome Muficke, and good Cozen, fing. 183 once seen him act a part in one of his own comedies, wherein, being to personate a decrepit...company, who were eating, and one of them sung a song.' MALONE discredits this story as far as the brother of Shakespeare is concerned, and, after a heartsome... | |
 | American literature - 1879 - 592 pages
...William, said he could remember nothing of his performance but seeing him ' act a part in one of his own comedies, wherein, being to ' personate a decrepit...table, at which he was seated among some company, and one of them sang a song.' " t of the iron is neutralized, and fails to destroy the sight. So in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1874 - 578 pages
...seen bim ' act a part in one of his own comedies, wherein, being to personate a decrepit fid man, ho wore a long beard, and appeared so weak and drooping,...eating, and one of them sung a song.' " This description accords in all essential particulars with the introduction of Adam to the banished duke and his followers,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1877 - 216 pages
...was, the faint, general, and almost lost ideas he had of having once seen him act a part in one of his own comedies, wherein being to personate a decrepit...company, who were eating, and one of them sung a song." Capell also has the following : "A traditional story was current some years ago about Stratford, —... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1883 - 218 pages
...was, the faint, general, and almost lost ideas he had of having once seen him act a part in one of his own comedies, wherein being to personate a decrepit...company, who were eating, and one of them sung a song.' To the same effect Capell writes : — ' A traditional story was current some years ago about Stratford,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1878 - 408 pages
...was, the faint, general, and almost lost ideas he had of having once seen him act a part in one of his own comedies, wherein being to personate a decrepit...company, who were eating, and one of them sung a song.' Oldyt's MSS. MEMOIR OF SHAKESPEARE. H obliged to tread the boards. In his ex"1 and cxi"1 Sonnets (which... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Exiles - 1878 - 220 pages
...the faint, general, and almost lost ideas he had of having once seen him act a part in one of his'own comedies, wherein being to personate a decrepit old...company, who were eating, and one of them sung a song." "A traditional story was current some years ago about Stratford,— that a very old man of that place,—of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1878 - 750 pages
...told Mr. Jones, that he had a faint recollection ' of having once seen him act a part in one of his own comedies, wherein, being to personate a decrepit...among some company, who were eating, and one of them sang a song.' That this part was the character of Adam, in ' As You Like It,' there can be no doubt... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson - English poetry - 1879 - 844 pages
...was, the faint, general, and almost lost ideas he had of having once seen him act a part in one of his own comedies, wherein being to personate a decrepit...company, who were eating, and one of them sung a song." OUyt't MSS. happiness, while the applause of all that was most noble and talented among his countrymen... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John), John Doran - Actors - 1880 - 454 pages
...the faint, general, and almost lost ideas, he had of having once seen him act a part in one of his own comedies, wherein being to personate a decrepit...eating, and one of them sung a song." This description applies to old Adam, in "As You Like It;" 'and he who feebly shadowed it forth, formed a link which... | |
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