.... I am as sorry as if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he...facetious grace in writing that approves his art." Mr Staunton bows to the general consent which identifies the first of these two with Marlowe, but not...

...my fault, because myselfe have seene his demeanour no less civill than he excellent in the qualitie he professes ; Besides divers of worship have reported...facetious grace in writing that approves his art." * Some short time after the death of Greene, Dr. G. Harvey, the companion and friend of the poet Spenser,...

...quality he professes : besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing, which augurs his honesty ; and his facetious grace in writing,...as "indeed honest, and of an open and free nature." ' His"profession as an actor was at any rate of essential service to him in the poetic career which...

...share he had had in propogating the slander, " because," said he, " myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he...facetious grace in writing, that approves his art." The passage just quoted was written in 1593, and it is evident that by that time Shakespeare had written...

...beene my fault, because myselfe have scene his demeanor no less civill than he exclent in the qualitie he professes; besides, divers of worship have reported...facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.' That this ' other ' was, as has been generally thought, Shakspere, and not, as Mr. Staunton appears...

...excellent in the qualities he professes. Beside, dir er s of worship have repeated his uprightness in dealing, which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.' Sehen wir von den Schlussworten ab, die nur den Schriftsteller, nicht den Menschen in Shakespeare angehen,...

...his demeanour no less civil than he was excellent in the quality he professes : besides, divers men of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing,...facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.' The pamphlet must have been written towards the end of 1592, as it begins with the words : " About...

...his demeanour no less civil than he was excellent in the quality he professes ; besides, divers men of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing,...facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.' Chettle, therefore, had obviously come to the conviction that Greene's assertion was untrue, or at...

...quality he professes; besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing, which augurs his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art. For the first, whose learning 1 reverence, and, at the perusing of Greene's book, struck out what *...

...16O3. answered Greene's attack on him in words of honest affection : " Myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he..." indeed honest, and of an open and free nature." Ills early His profession as an actor was at any rate of essential w . service to him in the poetic...