 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1862 - 874 pagine
...; witness his ' Venus and Adonis,' his ' Lucrèce,' liis sugred sonnets among his private friends." "As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for...is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage." And this was before his greatest works wero written. Meres adds: "AsEpius Stolo said that the Muses... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1864 - 586 pagine
...Shakespeare; witnes his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrèce, his eugred sonnets among his prívale friends, etc. As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines, го Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage; for comedy witnes... | |
 | Sidney Beisly - 1864 - 200 pagine
...his " Venus and Adonis," his " Lucrece," his sugred " Sonnets " among his private friends. As Plantus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latines, so Shakspere among the English is the most excellent in both kindes for the stage : for Comedy witness... | |
 | Robert E. Hunter - 1864 - 296 pagine
...Shakespeare ; witness his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugared sonnets among his private friends, &c. "As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage. For comedy... | |
 | H. T. HALL - 1865 - 48 pagine
...Shakspeere, witnes his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugred Sonnets among his private friends, &c. " As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy...both kinds for the stage; for Comedy, witness his Gentlemen of Verona, his Errors, his Love's Labour Lost, his Love's Labour Wonne, his Midsummer's Night... | |
 | Richard Grant White - 1865 - 454 pagine
...Shakespeare ; witnes his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugred sonnets among his priuate friends," &c. " As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy...and Tragedy among the Latines : so Shakespeare among y' English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage ; for Comedy, witnes his Gitleme of Verona,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Richard Grant White - 1868 - 626 pagine
...Shakespeare ; witnes his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugred sonnets among his priuate friends, &c." " As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy...and Tragedy among the Latines: so Shakespeare among \° English is the most excellent in both kinds for tho stage; for Comedy, witncs bis Glflemt of Verona,... | |
 | John Abraham Heraud - 1865 - 548 pagine
...Shakespeare. Witness his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugred Sonnets among his private friends." " Shakespeare, among the English, is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage. For comedy, witness Gentlemen of Verona* his Errors, his Love's Labour's lost, his Love's Labour's iconne [or, AWs well... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1865 - 436 pagine
...written — "As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for tragedy and comedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare, among the English, is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage;" Fourth, The patent of James I., dated at Westminster, 19th May, 1603, in favour of the players acting... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1865 - 624 pagine
...Shakespeare has this distinction, that while he shares ,equally all other praise, it is said of him, that " as Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage." * * The... | |
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As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage... 
