| August Wilhelm von Schlegel - 1840 - 434 Seiten
...spot, in retirement and in the society of a beloved daughter, in the hist years * Ben Jonson : — And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James ! of his too short life. Immediately after his death a monument was erected over his grave, which may... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1841 - 436 Seiten
...his Elegy on " The Swan of Avon "— " What a sight it were, To see thee on our waters yet appear ; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and OUR JAMES * !" Hooker was the favourite vernacular author of James; and his earliest inquiry, on his arrival... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1841 - 476 Seiten
...his elegy on " The Swan of Avon" — " What a sight it were, To see thee on our waters yet appear ; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and OUR JAMES !"* Hooker was the favorite vernacular author of James ; and his earliest inquiry, on his arrival in... | |
| Charles Knight - 1841 - 478 Seiten
...Elizabeth and James were conceived. The dramatic entertainments — Shakspere's especially — • " those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James," — were open to all the world; and the great showed their good sense in cherishing those wonderful... | |
| Spencer Hall - 1841 - 48 Seiten
...was not until the reign of George the Second that the public took a strong interest in him, who made Those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James! And if we examine the dramatic literature of each period we may be convinced of the melancholy truth... | |
| Charles Edwards Lester - 1842 - 294 Seiten
...* * * * * Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear — ****** But stay ! I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced,...constellation there : Shine forth, thou star of Poets." It has been said that Jonson was envious of the fame of Shakspeare while living ; but after death had... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1842 - 360 Seiten
...his Elegy on "The Swan of Avon." — - " What a sight it were, To see thee on our waters yet appear ; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and OUR JAMES ! " * Hooker was the favourite vernacular author of James ; and his earliest inquiry, on his arrival... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1843 - 970 Seiten
...friend : — " Sweet swan of Avon, whnt a sight it were, To see thee in our waters yet appear : Ami make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James" That Elizabeth " gave him many gracious marks of her favour," has been mentioned by Rowe as a matter... | |
| Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 Seiten
...Lost,' containing as it does in every line the evidence of being a youthful work, was very early one of those " flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza," Raleigh is so called by Spenser. NOTE ON HENTZNER'S ACCOUNT OF THE COURT AT GREENWICH. PAUL HENTZNER,... | |
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