 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844
...stands in the original, because it has no where, that we recollect, been quoted quite correctly. " As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latines : so Shakespeare among ye English is / the most excellent in both kinds for the stage ; for... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844
...dramas appeared in 1598 in a work by Francis Meres, in which we find these interesting passages : — "As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latines: so Shakespeare among y» English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage ; for Comedy,... | |
 | 1845
...lives in mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakspere ; witness his ' Venus and Adonis,' his ' Lucrece,' his sugared sonnets among his private friends, &c. '''...the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latins, so Shakspere, among the English, is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage ; for comedy, witness... | |
 | 1845
...mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakspere; witness his ' Venus and Adonis,' his ' Lucrece,' his sugared sonneU among his private friends, &c. " As Plautus and Seneca...the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latins, so Shakspere, among the English, is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage ; for comedy, witness... | |
 | 1880
...Jahre 1598 bereits gedichtet hatte. Die Stelle lautet bekanntlich folgendermassen : • „As Flaut us and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage: for Comedy... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847
...notice of Shakspeare by Francis Meres, a contemporary author. 'As Plautus and Seneca,' he «ays, ' x j C Shakspeare, among the English, is the most excellent in both kinds for the •tage; for comedy, witness... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 360
...other poems. But, for his dramas, he is raised above every native contemporary and predecessor : " As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latins ; so Shakspere among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage." These are extracts... | |
 | George Markham Tweddell - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 224
...witness his 'Venus and Adonis,' his ' Lucrece,' his sugared sonnets among his private friends, etc. " As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latins, so Shakspere, among the English' is the most excellent in both kinds for the singe; for comedy, witness... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1853
...honey-tongued Shakspeare ; witness his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrèce, his sugared sonnets among hisprivate friends, &c. As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latins, so Shakspeare, among the English, is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage ; for comedy, witness... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1856
...value in determining the age of Shakspeare's plays, both hy what it contains nnd by what it omits. " As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latins, so Shakspeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage; for comedy, witness... | |
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As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latines: so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage... 
