...lost ideas he had of having once seen him act a part in one of his own comedies, wherein being present to personate a decrepit old man, he wore a long beard,...among some company who were eating, and one of them sang a song." This description applies to old Adam in As You Like It. Many are the evidences that Shakespeare's...

...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...some company who were eating, and one of them sung them a song." According to Rowe, the dramatist played "the Ghost in his own Hamlet." John Davies, of...

...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...among some company who were eating, and one of them sang a song." It seems that neither Davenant nor Betterton knew of this tradition, or of the more trustworthy...

...recall nothing except the faint impression that he had once seen " Will " 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. And that was Shakespeare! The whole Bankside, with its taverns, play-houses, and worse,...

...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...table, at which he was seated among some company who wore eating, and one of them sung a song." This would certainly appear to refer to act ii. sc. 0 and...

...lost ideas he had of having once seen him act a part in one of his own comedies, wherein being present to personate a decrepit old man, he wore a long beard,...among some company who were eating, and one of them sang a song." This description applies to old Adam in As You Like It. Many are the evidences that Shakespeare's...

...remembered to have seen Will act a part in one of his own comedies, " wherein being to personate a decrepid old man, he wore a long beard, and appeared so weak...among some company, who were eating, and one of them sang a song." This seems clearly to point to Act 2, Scene VII., of " As you Like It," in which Orlando...

...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...who were eating, and one of them sung a song." This account contains several discrepancies, but there is reason for believing that it includes a glimmering...

...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...who were eating, and one of them sung a song." This account contains several discrepancies, but there is reason for believing that it includes a glimmering...

...with the stage ; but all he could recollect was having once seen Shakespeare "act a part in one of his own comedies, wherein, being to personate a decrepit...some company, who were eating, and one of them sung a song1." "Think" (says Coleridge) "of the scene between Adam and Orlando; and think again, that the...