
The Praise of Shakespeare: An English Anthology
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- THE PRAISE OF SHAKESPEARE
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- SOME NOTES ON SHAKESPEARE’S REPUTATION
- I INTRODUCTORY
- II DIVISION INTO PERIODS
- III THE FIRST PERIOD
- IV THE SECOND PERIOD
- V THE THIRD PERIOD
- VI SCHEME OF THE BOOK
- PART I “THESE THREE HUNDRED YEARS”
- THE FIRST PERIOD SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES
- FRANCIS MERES, 1596 (1565-1647)
- RICHARD BARNFIELD, 1598 (1574-1627)
- JOHN WEEVER, 1599 (1576-1632)
- JOHN DAVIES, 1610 (1565?-1618)
- THOMAS FREEMAN, 1614 (fl. 1614)
- WILLIAM BASSE, 1622 (d. 1653?)
- ANONYMOUS, 1623
- BEN JONSON, 1623 (1573-1637)
- HUGH HOLLAND, 1623 (d. 1633)
- JOHN HEMINGE, 1623 (d. 1630) HENRIE CONDELL (d. 1627)
- LEONARD DIGGES, 1623 (1588-1635)
- MICHAEL DRAYTON, 1627 (1563-1631)
- JOHN MILTON, 1630 (1608-1674)
- I. M. S., 1632
- JOHN HALES, BEFORE 1633 (1584-1656)
- SIR WILLIAM D’AVENANT, 1637 (1606-1668)
- ANONYMOUS, ABOUT 1637
- THOMAS BANCROFT, 1639 (fl. 1633-1658)
- GEORGE DANIEL, 1647 (1616-1657)
- SAMUEL SHEPPARD, 1651 (fl. c. 1606-1652)
- THOMAS FULLER, c. 1661 (1608-1661)
- SAMUEL PEPYS, 1662-1667 (1633-1703)
- MARGARET CAVENDISH, DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE, 1664 (1624?-1674)
- JOHN DRYDEN, 1667 (1631-1700)
- ANONYMOUS, 1672
- EDWARD PHILLIPS, 1675 (1630-1696?)
- THOMAS OTWAY, 1680 (1652-1685)
- “A PERSON OF HONOUR,” 1681
- SIR CHARLES SEDLEY, 1693 (1639?-1701)
- THE SECOND PERIOD THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
- SIR RICHARD STEELE, 1709 (1672-1729)
- NICHOLAS ROWE, 1709 (1674-1718)
- ELIJAH FENTON, 1711 (1683-1730)
- JOHN DENNIS, 1712 (1657-1734)
- EDWARD YOUNG, 1712 (1683-1765)
- JOSEPH ADDISON, 1714 (1672-1719)
- ALEXANDER POPE, 1725 (1688-1744)
- JAMES THOMSON, 1727 (1700-1748)
- LEWIS THEOBALD, 1733 (1688-1744)
- JOSEPH WARTON, 1740 (1722-1800)
- WILLIAM COLLINS, 1743 (1721-1759)
- SIR THOMAS HANMER, 1744 (1677-1746)
- SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1747 (1709-1784)
- BISHOP WILLIAM WARBURTON, 1747. (1698-1779)
- CHRISTOPHER SMART, 1751 (1722-1771)
- DAVID HUME, 1754. (1711-1774)
- HORACE WALPOLE, EARL OF ORFORD, 1756 (1717-1797)
- JOHN ARMSTRONG, 1758 (1709-1779)
- WILLIAM MASON, 1759 (1724-1797)
- THOMAS GRAY, 1759 (1716-1771)
- DAVID MALLET, 1759 (1705?-1765)
- EDWARD YOUNG, 1759 (1683-1765)
- MARK AKENSIDE, c. 1760 (1721-1770)
- ROBERT LLOYD, 1760 (1733-1764)
- EDWARD CAPELL, 1760 (1713-1781)
- CHARLES CHURCHILL, 1761 (1731-1764)
- WILLIAM WHITEHEAD, 1762 (1715-1785)
- WILLIAM THOMPSON, 1763 (1712?-1766?)
- SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1765 (1709-1784)
- GEORGE KEATE, 1768 (1729-1797)
- DAVID GARRICK, 1769 (1717-1779)
- ANONYMOUS, 1769
- WILLIAM RICHARDSON, 1774 (1743-1814)
- WILLIAM JULIUS MICKLE, 1775 (1735-1788)
- WILLIAM HAYLEY, 1777 (1745-1820)
- THOMAS WARTON, 1777 (1728-1790)
- ANNA SEWARD, BEFORE 1782 (1747-1809)
- WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES, 1794 (1762-1850)
- THE THIRD PERIOD NINETEENTH CENTURY
- WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, 1802 (1770-1850)
- FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS, 1804 (1793-1835)
- SIR WALTER SCOTT, 1814 (1771-1832)
- SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, 1817 (1772-1834)
- FRANCIS LORD JEFFREY, 1817 (1773-1850)
- WILLIAM HAZLITT, 1818 (1778-1830)
- JOHN KEATS, c. 1818 (1795-1821)
- JOHN WILSON, 1819 (1785-1854)
- CHARLES SPRAGUE, 1824 (1791-1875)
- CHARLES LAMB, 1824 (1775-1834)
- JULIUS CHARLES HARE, 1827 (1795-1855)
- JAMES HOGG, 1831 (1770-1835)
- CHARLES LAMB, 1833 (1775-1834)
- HARTLEY COLERIDGE, 1833 (1796-1849)
- THOMAS DE QUINCEY, 1838 (1785-1859)
- JOHN STERLING, 1839 (1806-1844)
- HENRY HALLAM, 1839 (1777-1859)
- —— JOHNSTONE, 1840
- THOMAS CARLYLE, 1840 (1795-1881)
- WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, 1841 (1770-1850)
- THOMAS BABINGTON, LORD MACAULAY, 1843 (1800-1859)
- RALPH WALDO EMERSON, 1844 (1803-1882)
- FREDERICK WILLIAM ROBERTSON, 1850 (1816-1853)
- LEIGH HUNT, 1851 (1784-1859)
- JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE, 1852 (1818-1894)
- DAVID MASSON, 1853 (b. 1822)
- MATTHEW ARNOLD, 1853 (1822-1888)
- WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR, 1853 (1775-1864)
- JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, 1858 (1801-1890)
- JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, c. 1858 (1819-1891)
- NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, 1863 (1804-1864)
- BISHOP CHARLES WORDSWORTH, 1864 (1806-1892)
- OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, 1864 (1809-1894)
- CARDINAL WISEMAN, 1865 (1802-1865)
- ARCHBISHOP RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH, 1865 (1807-1886)
- FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE, 1865 (1824-1897)
- FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE, 1866 (1809-1893)
- JOHN RUSKIN, 1868 (1819-1900)
- DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI, 1871 (1828-1882)
- BAYARD TAYLOR, 1872 (1825-1878)
- WILLIAM MINTO, 1874 (1845-1893)
- EDWARD DOWDEN, 1875 (b. 1843)
- GEORGE MEREDITH, 1877 (b. 1828)
- FREDERICK JAMES FURNIVALL, 1877 (b. 1825)
- WALTER HORATIO PATER, 1878 (1839-1894)
- MATTHEW ARNOLD, 1879 (1822-1888)
- ANONYMOUS ?c. 1880
- ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE, 1880 (b. 1837)
- ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE, 1882 (b. 1837)
- GEORGE MEREDITH, 1883 (b. 1828)
- ROBERT BROWNING, 1884 (1812-1889)
- WILLIAM WETMORE STORY, 1886 (b. 1819)
- THOMAS SPENCER BAYNES, 1886 (1823-1887)
- GERALD MASSEY, 1888 (b. 1828)
- WALT WHITMAN, 1890 (1819-1892)
- RICHARD WATSON GILDER, 1891 (b. 1844)
- MATHILDE BLIND, c. 1894 (1841-1896)
- ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, BEFORE 1892 (1809-1892)
- SIDNEY LEE, 1899 (b. 1859)
- PART II “GOOD SENTENCES”
- PART III “ROUND ABOUT”
- MARGARET CAVENDISH, DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE, 1664 (1624?-1674)
- JOSEPH ADDISON, 1711 (1672-1719)
- HENRY FIELDING, 1743 (1707-1754)
- THOMAS EDWARDS, 1747 (1699-1757)
- MARK AKENSIDE, 1749 (1721-1770)
- ROBERT LLOYD, 1751 (1733-1764)
- OLIVER GOLDSMITH, 1765 (1728-1774)
- GEORGE, LORD LYTTELTON, 1765 (1709-1773)
- LAURENCE STERNE, 1768 (1713-1768)
- ANONYMOUS, 1769
- ISAAC BICKERSTAFF, 1769 (d. 1812?)
- ANONYMOUS, 1778
- HORACE WALPOLE, EARL OF ORFORD, 1788 (1717-1797)
- PAUL WHITEHEAD, 1790 (1710-1774)
- WILLIAM COMBE, 1812 (1741-1823)
- CHARLES LAMB, 1826. (1775-1834)
- NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, 1845 (1804-1864)
- WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR, 1846 (1775-1864)
- WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT, 1868 An Unfortunate Likeness (b. 1836)
- OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, 1872 (1809-1894)
- THEODORE WATTS-DUNTON, 1897
- JUDGE WILLIS, 1902 (b. 1835)
- TO MY VERY GOOD FRIEND, MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
- INDEX
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