...Italian Poets. In this discourse, the first criticism on Shakspere that ever appeared in print, occurs the following:— " As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the " best for Comedy and Tragedy among the " Latines : so Shakespeare among the English " is the most excellent in both kinds for the " stage...

...from a passage in the "Palladia Tamia" of Francis Meres, published in 1598. He says : — " As Plantns and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latins, so Shakspero among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage. For comedy witness his...

...Shakespeare. Witness his Venus and Adonis, his Lucreece, his sugared Sonnets among his private friends. Shakespeare among the English 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's...

...Shakespeare, witnes his Venus and Admm, hia Lucrece, his sugred Sonnets among his priuate friends, fifc. As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latines : so Shakespeare, among y6. English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage ; for...

...notice of Shakspeare by Francis Meres, a contemporary author. ' As Plautus and Seneca,' he says, ' us murmur, oft Shakspeare, among the English, is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage ; for comedy, witness...

...as follows : "As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage : for comedy, witnes his Gentlemen of Verona, his Errors, his Love Labors Lost, his Love Labours Wonne,...

...published in 1598.* It is the opinion of the best critics that it was * The passage is as follows : " As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage : for comedy,...

...bezeichnet noch unsorn dichter als 'mellifluous and hony-tongued' und scheut sich nicht ausziisprcchen, dass 'Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage', Chettlc nennt ihn später Iliii3 den 'siluer tongued Mclicert', Milton endlich, um von vielen ändern...

...published in 1598.* It is the opinion of the best critics that it was * The passage is as follows : "As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage : for comedy,...

...Shakespeare, witncsse his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrecc, his sugred Sonnets among his priuate friends, etc Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage ; for comedv, wilnesse his Gentlemen of Verona, his Errors, his I.oue labors lost, his I-oue labours...