...been told, that he left near three hundred pounds to a sister. He understood Latin pretty well, FOR he had been in his younger years a School-Master in the country," I will be short in my animadversions ; and take them in their order. The account of the trade of the...

...I thinke I have been told that he left near 3001. to a sister. He understood Latin pretty well, for he had been in his younger years a schoolmaster in the country." Many traditional anecdotes, though not perfectly accurate, contain an adumbration of the truth. It...

...sayes of him, that he had but little Latine and lesse Greek, he understood Latine pretty well, for he had been in his younger years a schoolmaster in the country." See Letters from the Bodleian Library, &c. VoUii. p. 307. The above account, thoug* in bis remarks...

...sayes of him, that he had but little Laline and lesse Greek, he understood Latine pretty well, for he had been in his younger years a schoolmaster in the country." See Letters from the Bodleian Library, &c. Vol. iii. p. 307. The above account, though apparently sanctioned...

...sayes of him, that he had but little Latine and Icsse Greek, he understood Latine pretty well, for he had been in his younger years a schoolmaster in the country." See Letters from the Bodleian Library, &c. Vol. iii. p. 307. The above account, though apparently sanctioned...

...1700, states, on the authority of one Beeston, that " Shakespeare understood Latin pretty well, for he had been in his younger years a schoolmaster in the country." The statement may fairly challenge some respect, inasmuch as persons of the name of Beeston were connected...

...of the technicalities of the law, that nothing less will satisfy Mr Malone, than he must also maku an attorney of our poet ; and in order to get rid...of the profession which he followed, there is none under the sun which might not be ascribed to him. Why not say he was a great general, or a pious bishop,...

...of the neighbours of the port," it is asserted that Shakspeare " understood Latin pretty well, for he had been in his younger years a school-master in the country." But because Shakspeare uses technical terms of law, as he uses all others, with an adroit familiarity...

...said of him, that he had but little Latine and less of Greek, he understood Latine pretty well, for he had been in his younger years a school-master in the country." Relative to his taking his characters from nature, Aubrey gives the following anecdote : " The humour...

...adumbration of the truth. Aubrey's evidence is positive, — " he understood Latin pretty well, for he had been in his younger years a school-master in the country;" and is entitled to as much credit as any other tradition he has preserved, neither involving in itself...