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Front Cover, Biography of ShakespeareWilliam Shakspere Biography (1841)

The front cover of this book has the wrong title, “The Works of Shakspere” instead of “William Shakspere: A Biography.”

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Added: 2010-09-22

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Shottery CottageWilliam Shakspere Biography (1841)

The cottage in Stratford-on-Avon where William Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway, lived as a child. Shottery is the name of a village near Stratford.

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Places shown: Shottery; Stratford-upon-Avon; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2010-10-12

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Bacon.William Shakspere Biography (1841)

Francis Bacon, the lawyer, and William Shakspere, the actor, are unconscious each of the greatness of the other. The difference of their rank probably prevents that communication which might have tol [...]

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Added: 2010-09-22

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ElizabethWilliam Shakspere Biography (1841)

Elizabeth, the Queen, is now in her fifty-fifth year. She is ten years younger than when Paul Hentzner described her, as he saw her surrounded with her state in this same palace. The wrinkles of her [...]

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Added: 2010-09-22

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Sir Philip SidneyWilliam Shakspere Biography (1841)

In the spring of 1588…. The Queen has taken upon herself the cost of the public funeral of Sir Philip Sydney. She has done wisely in this. In honouring the memory of the most gallant and accomplish [...]

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Added: 2022-11-01

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Glamis Castle.William Shakspere Biography (1841)

The Dunsinane Hills form a long range extending in a north-easterly direction from Perth to Glamis. The castle of the “thane of Glamis” has been made a traditionary scene of the murder of Duncan [in M [...]

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Places shown: Glamis; Perthshire; Scotland

Added: 2010-11-16

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William Herbert, Earl of PembrokeWilliam Shakspere Biography (1841)

William Pembroke, 1580 – 1630, is remembered in the name of a Cambridge University college for his gift of Greek manuscripts. Chalmers has a short short biography of William Herbert that does not ment [...]

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Added: 2022-11-19

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