 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 trang
...of Shakspere. As for that of the Court, the testimony, imperfect as it is, is entirely conclusive. " Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee...banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James," is no vague homage from Jonson to the memory of his " beloved friend ;" but the record of a fact. The... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 492 trang
...its associations with Shakspere. His contemporaries connected his fame with his native river : — " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee...banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James !" So wrote Jonson in his manly lines, " To the Memory of my Beloved, the Author, Mr. William Shakspere,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 500 trang
...his noble poem, " To the Memory of my beloved Mr. William Shakespeare, and what he hath left us 7 " "Sweet Swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see...banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James ! " So that, upon the whole, we can by no means bring ourselves to regard the forecited tradition with... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 306 trang
...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... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 480 trang
...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...flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Elizu and our James.' These princes, then, were taken, were fascinated, with some of Shakspeare's dramas.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 928 trang
...such wert thou. Look, how the father's face Lives in his issue ; even so the race Of Shakespeare's alm ; Since thou hast far to go, bear not along water yet appear ; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 1158 trang
...And.such wert thou. Look, how the father's face Lives in his issue ; even so the race Of Shakespeare's 82 , = *F a %H y [ 1Y L Y ` S N m I} Q >b ...&[ + e N q 8 \ Z r w VY G V M y f ] + QU z To see thee in our water yet appear ; Sweet Swan of Avon, what a sight it were, And make those flights... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 442 trang
...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...shake a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. To see thee in our water yet appear ; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did... | |
 | Villemain (M.) - 1854 - 410 trang
...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.... | |
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Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James! 
