 | Nathan Drake - 1817 - Počet stránok 708
...contemporary notoriety ; for Jonson, in his celebrated eulogy, thus apostrophises his departed friend : — " 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." That... | |
 | 1825 - Počet stránok 806
...? 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 to the rule,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - Počet stránok 676
...eyes of ignorance. 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 ! But stay ; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there : — Shine forth,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - Počet stránok 668
...limali 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 waters yet appear ; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James ! But... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - Počet stránok 216
...-delight 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).... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - Počet stránok 708
...delight 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... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - Počet stránok 402
...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 and her successor were admirers of Shakspeare, and of theatrical amusements generally,... | |
 | 1825 - Počet stránok 810
...? 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 to the rule, that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - Počet stránok 540
...true filed 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... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - Počet stránok 534
...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 his whole works.... | |
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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! 
