 | 1853 - 738 pàgines
...Shakespeare's capabilities as an actor. Davies is often rather unintelligible, and the allusion : — " Some say, good Will, which I, in sport, do sing, Hadst thou not play'd some kingly parts in sport, Thou hadst been a companion for a king, And been a king among the... | |
 | Thomas Amyot, John Payne Collier, William Durrant Cooper, Alexander Dyce, Barron Field, Thomas Wright - 1853 - 768 pàgines
...Shakespeare's capabilities as an actor. Davies is often rather unintelligible, and the allusion:— " Some say, good Will, which I, in sport, do sing, Hadst thou not play'd some kingly parts in sport, Thou hadst been a companion for a king, And been a king among the... | |
 | 1854 - 448 pàgines
...Shakespeare with Terence is not a happy one : — " To our English Terence Mr. Will. Shake- speare. " Some say (good Will) which I, in sport, do sing, Hadst thou not plaid some kingly parts in sport. Thou hadst bin a companion for a king ; And beene a king among the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 668 pàgines
...somewhat more readable work, by Davies, The Scourge of Folly, &c., nd, are these puzzling verses ; " To our English Terence, Mr. Will. Shakespeare. Some...good Will, which I in sport do sing, Had'st thou not plaid some kingly parts in sport, Thou hadst bin a companion for a king, And beene a king among the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 666 pàgines
...Scourge of Folly, &c., nd, are these puzzling verses ; " To our English Terence, Mr. Will. Sftakespeare. Some say, good Will, which I in sport do sing, Had'st thou not plaid some kingly parts in sport, Thou hadst bin a companion for a king, And beene a king among the... | |
 | 1857 - 592 pàgines
...to have performed royal parís, ns wo know he did from a poem by Sir John Davies, written in 1611: " Some say, good Will, which I in sport do sing, Hadst thou iiot played some kingly parts in sport Thou hndst been a companion for a king." Nor would Greene and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 762 pàgines
...distinguish him from a much superior poet, Sir John Davys. It was published about 1609, and has for title " To our English Terence, Mr. Will. Shakespeare." "...good Will, which I in sport do sing, Hadst thou not plaid some kingly parts in sport, Thou hadst bin a companion for a king, And beene a king among the... | |
 | 1873 - 284 pàgines
...Eauies shadow, from so bright a Sparke. To our English Terrenes, Mr. Will. Shake-speare. Epig. 159. Some say (good Will) which I in sport do sing, Had'st thou not plai'd some Kingly parts in sport, Thou had'st bin a companion for a King ; And beeue a King among... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1860 - 576 pàgines
...1611, by John Davies, in a poem inscribed 'To our English Terence, Mr. William Shakspeare :' — " Some say, good Will, which I in sport do sing, Hadst thou not play'd some kingly parts in sport, Thou ii.ilxi. been a companion for a king, And been a king among... | |
 | Stephen Watson Fullom - 1864 - 394 pàgines
...attested by his friend Davies, in a poetical address to himself as our English Terence, Mr. William Shakespeare:— " Some say, good Will, which I in...Had'st thou not played some kingly parts in sport, Thou bad'st been a companion for a king, And been a king among the meaner sort."1 Capell avers that a tradition... | |
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Some Say good Will (which I, in sport, do sing) Had'st thou not plaid some Kingly parts in sport, Thou hadst bin a companion for a King; And, beene a King among the meaner sort. 
