 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 596 páginas
...true-filed lines ; In each of which he seems to shake a lanee, As brandish'd at the eyes of ignoranee. Swect Swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our waters yct appear ; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James!... | |
 | Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 390 páginas
...inscripsit flens et amans Genitor. Jonson was the first who called Shakespeare the " sweet swan of Avon;" . Sweet swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our water * yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our... | |
 | Hermann Ulrici - 1846 - 588 páginas
...the poet, and took great pleasure iu his compositions, is proved by Ben Jouson's well-knownlines: " Sweet swan of Avon ! what a sight it were, To see thee in our water yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks or Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James."*... | |
 | Hermann Ulrici - 1846 - 582 páginas
...the poet, and took great pleasure in his compositions, is proved by Ben Jonson'swell-kuown lines : " Sweet swan of Avon ! what a sight it were, To see thee in our water yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James."*... | |
 | Villemain (M., Abel-François) - 1846 - 408 páginas
...regarding thé works of Shakspeare, from J. Payne Collier. 1836. 1 « Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight il were To see thee in our waters yet appear; And make those flights upon thé banks of Thames, Tbat so did take Mi/», and our James. » Quoique attaqué souvent par les allusions... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 páginas
...true filed lines : In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. 8 9 water yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thamee That so did take Eliza and our James... | |
 | British empire - 1847 - 806 páginas
...His contemporaries connected his fame with his native river : — " Sweet swan of Avon, what a eight it were, To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make tliofte flights upon the bankfi ofr Thames, That so did take Eliza and out Jam« !" So wrote Jonsoh... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 páginas
...eharm. Natnre herself was prond of his designs, And ioy'd to wear the dressing of his lines. * • • * Sweet Swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in onr water yet appear, And make those flights npon the banks of Thames, That did so take Eliza and onr... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 318 páginas
...motion of royal favor towards Shakspeare. Now he, in words which leave no room for doubt, exclaims, " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in\our waters yet appear ; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eiiza... | |
 | lord William Pitt Lennox - 1851 - 870 páginas
...of the first to bring forward the plays of Shakspeare. He seems to have felt with Ben Jonson — " Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear." The sight has been realized ; and the "Swan of Avon," somewhat ruffled by the neglect... | |
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