English Literature

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) Shakespeare had written no plays, his poems alone would have given him a commanding ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) SHAKESPEARE’S PLACE AND INFLUENCE. Shakespeare holds, by general acclamation, the f ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) His life was gentle, and the elements So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up A ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) since they had blunted by idleness the desire for simple and wholesome amusement, t ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) the romantic school fixed its hold more strongly than ever; the stage went swiftly ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) Countries. His best known exploit there was to fight a duel between the lines with ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) minster Abbey. On his grave was laid a marble slab, on which the words "O rare Ben ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) first words in the first scene are a key to the whole comedy: (Volpone) Good mornin ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) To save it the parson coughs more, and is hurriedly bundled out of the house. The s ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) Discoveries made upon Men and Matter, is an interesting col- lection of short essay ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) with Shakespeare; but his talent seems to have been largely devoted to the blood-an ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) market and striking while the financial iron is hot. Naturally good work was imposs ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) read only by those who wish to understand the whole rise and fall of the drama. An ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) places, and titles in the service of injustice, covetousness, and oppression." Layi ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) tion. It was in this application that he used the expression, so characteristic of ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) counsel against the man who had befriended him. His cold- bloodedness and lack of m ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) was so great that he confessed that there was much political corruption abroad in t ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) be a complete education, "a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and for th ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) completed, one of them at least, theSylva Sylvarum, is decid- edly at variance with ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) to begin. THE ESSAYS.Bacon’s famousEssaysis the one work which will interest all st ...