...inserted in his Life of Shakspeare, where, speaking of the ballad as his first essay in poetry, he adds, the latter in the conduct of his pretended friends;...it is, as Dr. Johnson observes, " a very powerful That Shakspeare left Stratford for London, about the year 1586 or 1587, and that the prosecution commenced...

...revenge that ill-usage he made a ballad upon him.'* And though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, be lost, yet it is said to have been so very...business and family in Warwickshire for some time * Compare the expression : 'An I have not ballads made on you all, and sung to filthy tunes.' and shelter...

...ill usage, he made a ballad upon , him. And though this, probably the first essay of his po- ^ etry, be lost, yet it is said to have been so very bitter,...Warwickshire, for some time, and shelter himself in London. It is at this time, and upon this accident, that he is said to have made his first acquaintance in...

...that ill usage, he made a ballad on him : and though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, is lost, yet it is said to have been so very bitter,...Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London.' The detection of Shakspeare in his adventurous amusement, was followed, it is said, by confinement...

...inserted in his Life of Shakspeare, where, speaking of the ballad as his first essay in poetry, he adds, " it is said to have been so very bitter, that it redoubled...against him to that degree, that he was obliged to loa>f his business and family in Warwickshire, for some time, and shelter himself in London." That...

...London." This, the elder story, appears to us to have much greater verisimilitude than the later : — " He was obliged to leave his business and family in Warwickshire for some'time, and shelter himself in London." Aubrey, who has picked up all the gossip " of coffeehouses...

...revenge that ill-usage, he made a ballad upon him. And though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, be lost, yet it is said to have been so very...Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London." Slalom: produced a manuscript of uncertain date, added by the Rev. R. Davies, who died in 1707, to...

...revenge that ill-usage, he made a ballad upon him. And though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, be lost, yet it is said to have been so very...Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London." We have said that Rowe is the oldest printed source of this anecdote, his "Life of Shakespeare" having...

...revenge that ill-usage, he made a ballad upon him. And though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, be lost, yet it is said to have been so very...Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London." We have said that Rowe is the oldest printed source of this anecdote, his " Life of Shakespeare" having...

...that ill usage, he made a ballad on him : and though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, is lost, yet it is said to have been so very bitter, that it resatire deserves much praise, yet at the time when it •was written, it might have had sufficient...