The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies: (being Private Notes, Circ. 1594, Hitherto Unpublished) by Francis Bacon, Illustrated and Elucidated by Passages from ShakespeareHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1883 - 628 pages |
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Page viii
... play is indebted for these expressions to the Promus; mine is that the Promus borrowed them from the play. But in any case, if the reader will refer to the author's comments on this passage (pp. 65–7) he will find other similarities ...
... play is indebted for these expressions to the Promus; mine is that the Promus borrowed them from the play. But in any case, if the reader will refer to the author's comments on this passage (pp. 65–7) he will find other similarities ...
Page vii
... Plays - which is the main object of the publication of this book - I nevertheless cannot fail to see very much in the following pages that will throw new light on the style both of Bacon and of Shakespeare , and consequently on the ...
... Plays - which is the main object of the publication of this book - I nevertheless cannot fail to see very much in the following pages that will throw new light on the style both of Bacon and of Shakespeare , and consequently on the ...
Page viii
... play is indebted for these expressions to the Promus ; mine is that the Promus borrowed them from the play . But in any case , if the reader will refer to the author's comments on this passage ( pp . 65-7 ) he will find other ...
... play is indebted for these expressions to the Promus ; mine is that the Promus borrowed them from the play . But in any case , if the reader will refer to the author's comments on this passage ( pp . 65-7 ) he will find other ...
Page x
... plays of Shake- speare , occurring there nearly a hundred times ; why , then , did Bacon take note of a phrase so noteworthless ? Because , replies our author ( p . 64 ) , the phrases ' Good- morrow ' and ' Good - night , ' although ...
... plays of Shake- speare , occurring there nearly a hundred times ; why , then , did Bacon take note of a phrase so noteworthless ? Because , replies our author ( p . 64 ) , the phrases ' Good- morrow ' and ' Good - night , ' although ...
Page xv
... Plays Bacon's remarks upon the fact that the habit of taking notes is a great aid to the ' invention ' - English and ... Plays professedly written in Shakespeare's style - Doubtful Plays FOLIO · 83. Texts from the Bible ( Vulgate ) ...
... Plays Bacon's remarks upon the fact that the habit of taking notes is a great aid to the ' invention ' - English and ... Plays professedly written in Shakespeare's style - Doubtful Plays FOLIO · 83. Texts from the Bible ( Vulgate ) ...
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Adagia Advt All's All's W Bacon bear Ben Jonson better Cæs Cæsar Cleo Collier's text Compare Cymb death dost doth entry Eras Essay evil eyes fear Folio fool fortune Francis Bacon friends give Good-morrow Good-night grace grief hath hear heart heaven Heywood's honour instance John King Kins Latin Lear lord M. M. ii Macb matter mind nature never noble Noble Kinsmen Ovid passages plays Promus notes proverbs quæ quod Quoted Rich Romeo and Juliet salutation seems Shakespeare similes Sir Thomas Heywood sleep Sonnet soul speak Spedding speech sweet tell Temp thee thine things thou art thought Toby Matthew tongue truth turns of expression VIII Virg virtue Vulgate words writings