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The Praise of Shakespeare

The Praise of Shakespeare

by C. E. Hughes

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Compiler
Hughes, C. E. (Cecil Eldred), 1875-1941
Title
The Praise of Shakespeare: An English Anthology
Credits
Produced by Charlene Taylor, Lisa Reigel, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 57863
Release Date
September 7, 2018
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.THE PRAISE OF SHAKESPEARE
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.PREFACE
  6. 6.CONTENTS
  7. 7.SOME NOTES ON SHAKESPEARE’S REPUTATION — I INTRODUCTORY — II DIVISION INTO PERIODS — III THE FIRST PERIOD — IV THE SECOND PERIOD — V THE THIRD PERIOD — VI SCHEME OF THE BOOK
  8. 8.PART I “THESE THREE HUNDRED YEARS”
  9. 9.THE FIRST PERIOD SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES — FRANCIS MERES, 1596 (1565-1647) — RICHARD BARNFIELD, 1598 (1574-1627) — JOHN WEEVER, 1599 (1576-1632) — JOHN DAVIES, 1610 (1565?-1618) — THOMAS FREEMAN, 1614 ( fl. 1614) — WILLIAM BASSE, 1622 ( d. 1653?) — ANONYMOUS, 1623 — BEN JONSON, 1623 (1573-1637) — HUGH HOLLAND, 1623 ( d. 1633) — JOHN HEMINGE, 1623 ( d. 1630) HENRIE CONDELL ( d. 1627) — LEONARD DIGGES, 1623 (1588-1635) — MICHAEL DRAYTON, 1627 (1563-1631) — JOHN MILTON, 1630 (1608-1674) — I. M. S. , 1632 — JOHN HALES, BEFORE 1633 (1584-1656) — SIR WILLIAM D’AVENANT, 1637 (1606-1668) — ANONYMOUS, ABOUT 1637 — THOMAS BANCROFT, 1639 ( fl. 1633-1658) — GEORGE DANIEL, 1647 (1616-1657) — SAMUEL SHEPPARD, 1651 ( fl. c. 1606-1652) — THOMAS FULLER, c. 1661 (1608-1661) — SAMUEL PEPYS, 1662-1667 (1633-1703) — MARGARET CAVENDISH, DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE, 1664 (1624?-1674) — JOHN DRYDEN, 1667 (1631-1700) — ANONYMOUS, 1672 — EDWARD PHILLIPS, 1675 (1630-1696?) — THOMAS OTWAY, 1680 (1652-1685) — “A PERSON OF HONOUR,” 1681 — SIR CHARLES SEDLEY, 1693 (1639?-1701)
  10. 10.THE SECOND PERIOD THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY — SIR RICHARD STEELE, 1709 (1672-1729) — NICHOLAS ROWE, 1709 (1674-1718) — ELIJAH FENTON, 1711 (1683-1730) — JOHN DENNIS, 1712 (1657-1734) — EDWARD YOUNG, 1712 (1683-1765) — JOSEPH ADDISON, 1714 (1672-1719) — ALEXANDER POPE, 1725 (1688-1744) — JAMES THOMSON, 1727 (1700-1748) — LEWIS THEOBALD, 1733 (1688-1744) — JOSEPH WARTON, 1740 (1722-1800) — WILLIAM COLLINS, 1743 (1721-1759) — SIR THOMAS HANMER, 1744 (1677-1746) — SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1747 (1709-1784) — BISHOP WILLIAM WARBURTON, 1747. (1698-1779) — CHRISTOPHER SMART, 1751 (1722-1771) — DAVID HUME, 1754. (1711-1774) — HORACE WALPOLE, EARL OF ORFORD, 1756 (1717-1797) — JOHN ARMSTRONG, 1758 (1709-1779) — WILLIAM MASON, 1759 (1724-1797) — THOMAS GRAY, 1759 (1716-1771) — DAVID MALLET, 1759 (1705?-1765) — EDWARD YOUNG, 1759 (1683-1765) — MARK AKENSIDE, c. 1760 (1721-1770) — ROBERT LLOYD, 1760 (1733-1764) — EDWARD CAPELL, 1760 (1713-1781) — CHARLES CHURCHILL, 1761 (1731-1764) — WILLIAM WHITEHEAD, 1762 (1715-1785) — WILLIAM THOMPSON, 1763 (1712?-1766?) — SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1765 (1709-1784) — GEORGE KEATE, 1768 (1729-1797) — DAVID GARRICK, 1769 (1717-1779) — ANONYMOUS, 1769 — WILLIAM RICHARDSON, 1774 (1743-1814) — WILLIAM JULIUS MICKLE, 1775 (1735-1788) — WILLIAM HAYLEY, 1777 (1745-1820) — THOMAS WARTON, 1777 (1728-1790) — ANNA SEWARD, BEFORE 1782 (1747-1809) — WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES, 1794 (1762-1850)
  11. 11.THE THIRD PERIOD NINETEENTH CENTURY — WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, 1802 (1770-1850) — FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS, 1804 (1793-1835) — SIR WALTER SCOTT, 1814 (1771-1832) — SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, 1817 (1772-1834) — FRANCIS LORD JEFFREY, 1817 (1773-1850) — WILLIAM HAZLITT, 1818 (1778-1830) — JOHN KEATS, c. 1818 (1795-1821) — JOHN WILSON, 1819 (1785-1854) — CHARLES SPRAGUE, 1824 (1791-1875) — CHARLES LAMB, 1824 (1775-1834) — JULIUS CHARLES HARE, 1827 (1795-1855) — JAMES HOGG, 1831 (1770-1835) — CHARLES LAMB, 1833 (1775-1834) — HARTLEY COLERIDGE, 1833 (1796-1849) — THOMAS DE QUINCEY, 1838 (1785-1859) — JOHN STERLING, 1839 (1806-1844) — HENRY HALLAM, 1839 (1777-1859) — —— JOHNSTONE, 1840 — THOMAS CARLYLE, 1840 (1795-1881) — WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, 1841 (1770-1850) — THOMAS BABINGTON, LORD MACAULAY, 1843 (1800-1859) — RALPH WALDO EMERSON, 1844 (1803-1882) — FREDERICK WILLIAM ROBERTSON, 1850 (1816-1853) — LEIGH HUNT, 1851 (1784-1859) — JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE, 1852 (1818-1894) — DAVID MASSON, 1853 ( b. 1822) — MATTHEW ARNOLD, 1853 (1822-1888) — WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR, 1853 (1775-1864) — JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, 1858 (1801-1890) — JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, c. 1858 (1819-1891) — NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, 1863 (1804-1864) — BISHOP CHARLES WORDSWORTH, 1864 (1806-1892) — OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, 1864 (1809-1894) — CARDINAL WISEMAN, 1865 (1802-1865) — ARCHBISHOP RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH, 1865 (1807-1886) — FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE, 1865 (1824-1897) — FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE, 1866 (1809-1893) — JOHN RUSKIN, 1868 (1819-1900) — DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI, 1871 (1828-1882) — BAYARD TAYLOR, 1872 (1825-1878) — WILLIAM MINTO, 1874 (1845-1893) — EDWARD DOWDEN, 1875 ( b. 1843) — GEORGE MEREDITH, 1877 ( b. 1828) — FREDERICK JAMES FURNIVALL, 1877 ( b. 1825) — WALTER HORATIO PATER, 1878 (1839-1894) — MATTHEW ARNOLD, 1879 (1822-1888) — ANONYMOUS ? c. 1880 — ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE, 1880 ( b. 1837) — ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE, 1882 ( b. 1837) — GEORGE MEREDITH, 1883 ( b. 1828) — ROBERT BROWNING, 1884 (1812-1889) — WILLIAM WETMORE STORY, 1886 ( b. 1819) — THOMAS SPENCER BAYNES, 1886 (1823-1887) — GERALD MASSEY, 1888 ( b. 1828) — WALT WHITMAN, 1890 (1819-1892) — RICHARD WATSON GILDER, 1891 ( b. 1844) — MATHILDE BLIND, c. 1894 (1841-1896) — ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, BEFORE 1892 (1809-1892) — SIDNEY LEE, 1899 ( b. 1859)
  12. 12.PART II “GOOD SENTENCES”
  13. 13.Untitled
  14. 14.PART III “ROUND ABOUT”
  15. 15.MARGARET CAVENDISH, DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE, 1664 (1624?-1674) — JOSEPH ADDISON, 1711 (1672-1719) — HENRY FIELDING, 1743 (1707-1754) — THOMAS EDWARDS, 1747 (1699-1757) — MARK AKENSIDE, 1749 (1721-1770) — ROBERT LLOYD, 1751 (1733-1764) — OLIVER GOLDSMITH, 1765 (1728-1774) — GEORGE, LORD LYTTELTON, 1765 (1709-1773) — LAURENCE STERNE, 1768 (1713-1768) — ANONYMOUS, 1769 — ISAAC BICKERSTAFF, 1769 ( d. 1812?) — ANONYMOUS, 1778 — HORACE WALPOLE, EARL OF ORFORD, 1788 (1717-1797) — PAUL WHITEHEAD, 1790 (1710-1774) — WILLIAM COMBE, 1812 (1741-1823) — CHARLES LAMB, 1826. (1775-1834) — NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, 1845 (1804-1864) — WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR, 1846 (1775-1864) — WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT, 1868 An Unfortunate Likeness ( b. 1836) — OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, 1872 (1809-1894) — THEODORE WATTS-DUNTON, 1897 — JUDGE WILLIS, 1902 ( b. 1835) — TO MY VERY GOOD FRIEND, MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
  16. 16.INDEX
  17. 17.Untitled
  18. 18.Untitled

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