 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 sivua
...notice of Shakspeare by Francis Meres, a contemporary author. 'As Plautus and Seneca,' he «ays, ' x j C Shakspeare, among the English, is the most excellent in both kinds for the •tage; for comedy, witness... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 sivua
...Treasury,' which contains the most important notice of Shakspere of any contemporary writer : — " As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy...is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage : for comedy, witness his ' Gentlemen of Verona,' his ' Errors,' his ' Love's Labour's Lost.' his '... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 sivua
...other poems. But, for his dramas, he is raised above every native contemporary and predecessor : " As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latins ; so Shakspere among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage." These are extracts... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 sivua
...and Seneca," he lays, 'are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latins, so Shakspeare, b c ! for comedy, witness his Gentlemen of Verona, his Errors, his Love's Labour Lost, his Love's Labour... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 500 sivua
...Wit's Treasury, published in 1598, The Two Gentlemen of Verona stands first in the list. He says : " As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy...is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage. For comedy, witness his Gentlemen of Verona, his Errors, his Love's Labour's Lost, his Love's Labour... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 624 sivua
...timidly or questionably, that " as Plautus and Seneca arc accounted the best for tragedy and comedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare, among the English,...is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage : " and " As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty soul of Ovid... | |
 | George Markham Tweddell - 1852 - 232 sivua
...witness his 'Venus and Adonis,' his ' Lucrece,' his sugared sonnets among his private friends, etc. " As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latins, so Shakspere, among the English' is the most excellent in both kinds for the singe; for comedy, witness... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1853 - 566 sivua
...Shakspeare ; witness his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrèce, his sugared sonnets among hisprivate friends, &c. As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latins, so Shakspeare, among the English, is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage ; for comedy, witness... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 424 sivua
...timidly or questionably, that "as Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for tragedy and comedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare, among the English,...is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage:" and " As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty soul of Ovid lives... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1856 - 422 sivua
...value in determining the age of Shakspeare's plays, both hy what it contains nnd by what it omits. " As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latins, so Shakspeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage; for comedy, witness... | |
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As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage... 
