...motion of royal favor towards Shakspeare. Now he, in words which leave no room for doubt, exclaims, * ' Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee...of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James.' These princes, then, were taken, were fascinated, with some of Shakspeare's dramas. In Elizabeth the...

...amitié avec eux et 1. New Particulars regarding the works of Shakspeare, from J. Payne Collier, 1836. 2. Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee...of Thames , That so did take Eliza, and our James. d'autres lettrés du temps, entre autres le docteur Dorme, célèbre par l'amertume de ses satires....

...its associations with Shakspere. His conteraporarie connected his fame with his native river : — " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee...the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our Jame« !" So wrote Jonson in his manly lines, " To the Memory of my Beloved, the Author, Mr. William...

...before his time, is deeply interesting. That he was estimated highly we know from Jonson himself: " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee...And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That did so take Eliza and our James." When the two monarchs under whom Shakspeare lived admired and patronized...

...his time, is deeply interesting. That he was estimated highly we know from Jonson himself : — '* Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee...banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James." When the two monarchs under whom Shakspeare lived admired and patronized him, we may be sure that Shakspeare's...

...only a few brief quotations. It was Ben Jonson who styled our poet the " Sweet Swan of Avon" — " Sweet Swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee...banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James 1 " The lines of Gray, in his " Progress of Poesy," have been much and deservedly admired : — " Far...

...notoriety ; for Ben Jonson, in his celebrated eulogy, thus apostrophises his departed friend : — Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee...the banks of Thames, That so did take .Eliza and our .Tames. The latter monarch was present at the representation of many of his pieces, and is stated by...

...true-filed lines ; In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As braudish'd at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet Swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee...banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James ! But stay ; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there : Shine forth, thou...

...that they took with the people, and we have Ben Jonson's testimony that they took with the court. ' Sweet swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee...banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James !' The account-books of the revels at court between the years 1588 and 1604, which would vouch to Shakspeare's...

...associations with Shakspere. His contemporaries connected his fame with his native river : — " Sweet swan nf Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our waters...banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James I" So wrote Jonson in his manly lines, ' To the Memory of my Beloved, vhe Author Mr. William Shakespeare,...