...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...

...He died April 23rd, 1616. Ward, the Vicar of Stratford, noted some fifty years later, " Shakespeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and, it seems, drank too hard, .for Shakespeare died of a fever there contracted." Whether this be history or myth we cannot assert. In...

...1616. The only record of the cause of death, real or fictitious, is in Ward's Diary : " Shakespeare, ng to say? Ant. But little; I am arm'd, and well prepar'd. — Give me your hand Shakespeare died of a fever there contracted." On the 25th he was buried in the Parish-church of Stratford,...

...of which, under date of the years 1661-63, the writer had made the following entry : "Shakespeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and it seems drank too hard, for Shakespeare died of a ' feavour ' then contracted." Another interesting work was Dr. Mead's imperfect...

...Shakespeare's time was about ten times the value it is at present. The same diary states : " Shakespeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and, it seems, drank too hard, for Shakespeare died of a fever there contracted." Let us hope the tradition is a false one.* No English...

...Shakespeare's time was about ten times the value it is at present. The same diary states : " Shakespeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and, it seems, drank too hard, for Shakespeare died of a fever there contracted." Let us hope the tradition is a false one.* No English...

...an allowance so large, that he spent at the rate of £1000 a year, as I have heard. — Shakespeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and, it seems, drank too hard ; for Shakespeare died )fa fever there contracted. — Remember to peruse Shai-^speare's plays, and be versed...

...volumes of which, under date of the years 1661-63, the writer had made the following entry: "Shakespeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and it seems drank too hard, for Shakespeare died of a ' feavour ' then contracted." Another interesting work was Dr. Mead's imperfect...

...an allowance so large, tha* he spent at the rate of £1000 a year, as I have heard. — Shakespeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and, it seems, drank too hard j for Shakespeare died )fa fever there contracted. — Remember to peruse Shakespeare's plays, and...

...allowance so great, that he spent at the rate of a thousand 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 (delirium tremens). Another memorial is given by .Mr....