...the Eev. John Ward, who was vicar of Stratford from 1648 to 1679, it is stated that ' Shakespeare, in his elder days, lived at Stratford, and supplied...an allowance so large that he spent at the rate of £1000 a year, as I have heard,' It is well for Ward's veracity, as Mr Halliwell remarks, that he added...

...— " I have heard that Mr. Shakespeare was a natural wit^ without any art at all ; he frequented the old synonymous with being in damyfr. Ducange explains..." Danger, quidquid juri stricto, atque ucleu confi itt had an allowance so large, that hee spent att the rate of 1000J. a-year, as I have heard. Shakespear,...

...writings. Mr. Ward, the rector of Stratford, in a diary written in 1662, states that Shakgpeaxe, " in his elder days, lived at Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for that paid an allowance so large, that he spent at the rate of £1,000 a year, as I have heard." This...

...in * " I have heard that Mr Shakspeare was a natural wit, without any art at all. Hee frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days...supplied the stage with two plays every year; and for itt had an allowance so large, that he spent at the rate of 1,0001. a-year, as I have heard. Shakespeare,...

...without any art at all; he frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days lived in Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for itt had an allowance so large that he spent att the rate of £1,000 a year, as I have heard. Shakespeare,...

...Abingdon. I have heard that Mr. Shakespeare was a natural wit, without any art at all; he frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days...supplied the stage with two plays every year ; and for that had an allowance so large that he spent at the rate of 1 ,0:1.1/. a year, as I have heard. Shakespeare,...

...author says, — "Mr. Shakespeare frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his older days he lived at Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for that had an allowance so large that he spent at the rate of £1,000 a-year." Some events which took...

...without any art at all ; hee frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days li ved at Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for itt had an allowance so large, that hee spent att the rate of 1000Z. a-year, as I have heard." The...

...72. ' I have heard that Mr. Shakspeare was a natural wit, without any art at all. Hee frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days lived at Startford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for itt had an allowance so large,...

...notes further that Shakespeare "frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days he lived at Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year." That the writer's information was in all points literally correct, is not likely ; but there is no...