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SHAKSPEARE

AND

HIS FRIENDS;

OR

THE GOLDEN AGE" OF MERRY ENGLAND.

His life was gentle, and the elements

So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up,
And say to all the world-This was a man!

JULIUS CAESAR,

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He was not of an age, but for all time.

1838.

BEN JONSON.

PARIS,

PUBLISHED BY A. AND W. GALIGNANI AND C., N° 18, RUE VIVIENNE.

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THE ADMIRERS

OF

"Ponie-Tong'd Shakspeare,"

AND OF THE OTHER ILLUSTRIOUS SPIRITS OF

THE GOLDEN AGE OF ENGLAND,

THESE VOLUMES,

WITH TRUE HUMBLENESS,

AND ENTIRE DEVOTEDNESS TO THE SUBJECT,

ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY

THEIR FELLOW-WORSHIPPER,

AND VERY OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.