![]() Speare in the fore-g'rouud of the picture, and to throvĪround him, in g'roups more or less distinct and fidl, In attelUl)ting" this, it has beeu his aire to place Shak. Whole still more attractive and complete. I)iography, and literary history, as should render the Takiug', with the expre intention of blending" vith theĭetail of manuers, &c. Iuduced, several years ag'o, to commence the under. If properly executed, mig'ht possess, the author was Struck with the interest which a work of this kind, Which his works bear to the lllallllers, customs, super. Nence as a dramatic l)oet, I)ut ri'oto the iutimate relation Spicuous and important, Shakspeare has undoubtedly theīest claire to lhe distinction hot ¢,ly ri'oto his pre-emi. Yet, if anv man be allowed to fill a station thus con. Uected view of the Timcs lu whlch he lived. To tender him thc medium fi»r a comprehensive and con. TrotT6r two ceutm'ies have no,v elapsed, since theĭeath of Shali.l)care, no atteml)t has hitherto been ruade ![]() The very age and body of the rime, his form and pressure. The applause, del!ght, the wonder of our stage, To whom ail scenes of Europe homage owe. Triumph my Britain ! thou hast one to show, ![]() POETRY, IZ) ELEGANT LITERATURE OF ttlS AGE.ĪUTHOR OF « LI'rERARY HOURS" AND OF ESSAYS ON PERIODICAL LITERATUREo » ÇRITICISMS ON HIS GENIUS AND WRITINGS A NEW CHRONOLOGY OF HIS PLAYS Ī DISQUISITION ON TItE OBJECT OF HIS SONNETS Full text of " Shakespeare and his times : including the biography of the poet, criticisms on his genius and writings, a new chronology of his plays, a disquisition on the object of his sonnets, and a history of the manners, customs, and amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age"
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