...foolish story of his being visited at this time by Drayton and Ben Jonson—" Shakespeare, Drayton, and Jonson, had a merry meeting, and it seems drank too hard, for Shakespeare died of a fever there contracted." Mr. Dyce thinks that" Drayton, a native of Warwickshire,...

...an allowance so large that he spent at the rate of 1 ,0:1.1/. a year, as I have heard. Shakespeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and it seems drank too hard ; for Shakespeare died of a fever there contracted. Remember to peruse Shakespeare'» plays and bo versed...

...Shakspere, Gent" Writing forty-six years after the event, the vicar of Stratford says, " Shakspere, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and, it seems, drank too hard, for Shakspere died of a fever there contracted." A tradition of this nature, surviving its object nearly...

...record of the cause of his'death is the following entry in the Diary just mentioned: " Shakespeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and it seems drank too hard, for Shakespeare died of a fever there contracted." On this Mr Dyce remarks: " That such a symposium was...

...record of the cause of his death is the following entry in the Diary just mentioned : " Shakespeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and it seems drank too hard, for Shakespeare died of a fever there contracted." On this Mr Dyce remarks: "That such a symposium was...

...one thousand pounds a year, as I have beard. Shakspeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson bad a merry-meeting, l We place no great reliance on this testimony, either as to facts literary or personal Those who have...

...every year, and for it he had an allowance so large that he spent at the rate of a thousand a year, as lliam Shakespeare itt seems, drank too hard, for Shakspear died of a feavour there contracted. Kemember to peruse Shakspeare's...

...; and Ward, the vicar of Stratford, writing forty-six years after the event, says : " Shakespeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and, it seems, drank too hard, for Shakespeare died of a fever there contracted." Whatever truth there may be in the vicar's conjecture,...

...Stratford, but full forty years after the poet's death, we find this note : — " Shakespeare, Dray ton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and it seems drank too hard, for Shakespeare died of a fever there contracted." That the poet Drayton, a Warwickshire man, encountered...

...an allowance so large, that he spent at the rate of ^1,000 a year, as I have heard. — Shakespeare, Drayton and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and, it seems, drank too hard ; for Shakespeare died of a fever there contracted. — Remember to peruse Shakespeare's plays, and be versed...