...in 1662, tells us, in a passage to be quoted more fully hereafter, that Shakespeare " frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days...and supplied the stage with two plays every year." That the vicar's information was in all points literally correct, is not at all likely ; but there...

...in 1662, tells us, in a passage to be quoted more fully hereafter, that Shakespeare " frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days...and supplied the stage with two plays every year." That the vicar's information was in all points literally correct, is not at all likely ; but there...

...Shakspeare was a natural wit. without any art at all ; hee frequented the plays all his younger time, hut in his elder days lived 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 £1,000 a vear, as I have heard. •...

...without any art at all ; hee frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days liv'd in Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year, and for that had an allowance so large that hee spent att the rate of a thousand a yeer as I have heard. Shakespear,...

...in 1662, tells us, in a passage to be quoted more fully hereafter, that Shakespeare " frequented the plays all his younger time, but in his elder days...and supplied the stage with two plays every year." That the vicar's information was in all points literally correct, is not at all likely ; but there...

...heard," says he, " 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...at Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays everj year.'* That this statement is in all points strictly true, is not pretended ; nor does the writer...

...Dulwich." " I have heard that Mr. Shakespeare 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 £1000 a year as I have heard." — From...

...wit, without any art at all; he 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, and for that he had an allowance so large that he spent at the rate of £1,000 a year, as I have heard." "Shakespeare,...

...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 doubt...

...in his elder days lived at Stratford, and supplied the stage with two plays every year and for itt had an allowance so large that he spent at the rate of /*1ooo a year as I have heard." — From Diary of Rev. John Ward. How came Shakespeare's brother stage-player...