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" 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 Eliza, and our James... "
Bentley's Quarterly Review - Page 58
1860
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Ueber dramatische Kunst und Literatur, Volume 3

August Wilhelm von Schlegel - Drama - 1817 - 458 pages
...SBet; einem fo glánjenben ©dingen, unter fo «»«gejei^nete« 5gctoeifen bet Slotting «nb *) 35en And make those flights upon the banks of Thames. That so did take Eliza, and our J»mtt! rung femer Jeitgenoffen wire ев wob. l feltfam, ®b,effpcere'n, ungeedjtet ber ibm...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 17

England - 1825 - 806 pages
...? Was not Chaucer the favourite of Edward ? — was it not " the sweet swan of Avon" that winged " those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James ?" Were Dryden, Pope, Swift, Addison, Johnson, Burke — were they all mere exceptions...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - Theater - 1821 - 668 pages
...versus. In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our...upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James ! But stay ; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there :...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 pages
...afforded by Shakspeare to both his sovereigns, was a fact familiar to his contemporaries. "Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And mark those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take l.liza and our James" 2). Though Elizabeth...
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The Life of Shakespeare: Enquiries Into the Originality of His ..., Volume 1

Augustine Skottowe - Dramatists, English - 1824 - 402 pages
...afforded by Shakspeare to both his sovereigns, was a fact familiar to his contemporaries. " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear: And mark those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James." f Though Elizabeth...
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The life of Shakspeare; enquiries into the originality of his dramatic plots ...

Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...afforded by Shakspeare to both his sovereigns, was a fact familiar to his contemporaries. " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear: And mark those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James." •(Though Elizabeth...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 17

Scotland - 1825 - 810 pages
...? Was not Chaucer the favourite of Edward ? — was it not " the sweet swan of Avon" that winged " those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James?" Were Dryden, Pope, Swift, Addison, Johnson, Burke — were they all mere exceptions...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 540 pages
...lines: In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As hrandish 'd at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet swan of Avon ! what a sight it were, To see thee in our water jet appear, And make those slights upon the hanks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our...
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Memorials of Shakspeare: Or, Sketches of His Character and Genius

Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1828 - 522 pages
...contrary assertion, which would degrade the immortal aAst to the situation of a daily * Ben Jonson :— And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza aud our James! labourer for a rude multitude? Merely this, that he himself published no edition of his whole works....
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Memorials of Shakspeare: Or, Sketches of His Character and Genius

Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1828 - 534 pages
...contrary assertion, which would degrade the immortal artist to the situation of a daily * Ben Jonson : — And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James ! labourer for a rude multitude ? Merely this, that he himself published no edition of...
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