Which Shall it Be?: New Lamps Or Old? Shaxpere Or Shakespeare?, Tema 4

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Messrs. Fleet and Bishop, 1879 - 16 páginas
 

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Página 7 - Muses' anvil, turn the same (And himself with it) that he thinks to frame, Or for the laurel he may gain a scorn, For a good poet's made as well as born; And such wert thou. Look how the father's face Lives in his issue; even so, the race Of Shakespeare's mind and manners brightly shines In his well-turned and true-filed lines, In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandished at the eyes of ignorance.
Página 16 - Of the Sirnames of our ancient Families " in his Restitution of Decayed Intelligence, 1634, p. 294, says : — " Breakspear, Shakspear, and the like, have beene sirnames imposed upon the first bearers of them for valour, and feates of armes.
Página 6 - ... the time of Shakespeare." But although the fact is acknowledged by all who have carefully examined the subject, a few examples* should be given for the sake of the many who have had no opportunity of doing so. Thus, Lord Robert Dudley's signature was Dudley or Duddeley, and his wife's, Duddley. Allen, the actor, signed his name at various times, Alleyn, Aleyn, Allin, and Allen, while his wife's signature appears as Alleyne. Henslowe's autographs are in the forms of Hensley, Henslow, and Henslowe....
Página 13 - Will is written in the clerical hand of that age, on three small sheets fastened at top like a lawyer's brief. Shakspeare's name is signed at the bottom of the first and second sheet, and his final signature, ' by me William Shakspeare,' is in the middle of the third sheet. The name, however, at the bottom of the first sheet, is not in the usual place, but in the margin at the left-hand, and is so different from the others that we doubted whether it was his handwriting.
Página 5 - The following instances are recorded by Mr. Halliwell-Phillipps :— " Lord Robert Dudley's signature was generally Duddeley, his wife's Duddley, and a relative's Dudley. Allen, the actor, signed his name at various times, Alleyn, Aleyn, Allin, and Allen, while his wife's signature appears as Alleyne. Henslowe's autographs are in the forms of Hensley, Henslow, and Henslowe. Samuel Rowley signed himself Rouley, Rowley, and Rowleye. Burbage sometimes wrote Burbadg, while his brother signed himself...
Página 15 - SHAXPERE, a piece of affectation so far dangerous, inasmuch as it harmonizes not with the beautiful lines that have been consecrated to his memory by Ben Jonson and other eminent poets;* and those who have adopted it seem to have overlooked the fact, that in the orthography of proper names the printed literature of the day is the only safe criterion. In the case of Shakespeare, there are the poems of Lucrece and...
Página 6 - One of the poet's (Shakespeare's) sons-in-law wrote himself Quyney, Quyneye, and Conoy, while his brother, the curate, signed Quiney.* His other son-in-law, Dr. Hall, signed himself, Hawle, Halle, Haule, and Hall. Alderman Sturley, of Stratford-on-Avon, signed his name sometimes in that form, and sometimes Strelley. Similar variations occur in Christian names, that of the poet's friend, Julius Shaw, positively appearing as Julyus, Julius, Julie, Julyne, Jule, Julines, Julynes, July, Julye, Julyius,...
Página 13 - ... however, at the bottom of the first sheet, is not in the usual place, but in the margin at the left hand, and is so different from the others that we doubted whether it was his handwriting. He appears to have been very ill and weak when he signed his will, for the hand is very irregular and tremulous. I suspect he signed his name at the end of the will first, and so went backwards, which will account for that in the first page being worse written than the rest, the hand growing gradually weaker.
Página 16 - English proper names," observes Edward Coote, Master of the Free-school at Bury St. Edmunds, in his English Schoole Master, ed. 1621, p. 23...
Página 16 - There were doubtlessly exceptions, as in the case of Lord Burghley and a few others ; but there is no sufficient evidence to show that Shakespeare adhered to any uniform rule. " Our English proper names," observes Edward Coote, Master of the Free-school at Bury St.

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