...the dead, to procure his Orphanes, Guardians; without ambition either of selfeprofit, or fame : onely to keep the memory of so worthy a Friend, and Fellow alive, as was our Shakespeare, by humble offer of his playes, to your most noble patronage. Wherein, as we have justly...

...the dead, to procure his Orphanes, Guardians; without ambition either of selfeprofit, or fame : onely to keep the memory of so worthy a Friend, and Fellow alive, as was our Shakespeare, by humble offer of his playes, to your most noble patronage. "Wherein, as we have justly...

...character : they were presenting to the world, in an important volume, scattered performances, in order to " keep the memory of so worthy a friend and fellow alive, as was our Shakespeare," and we cannot believe that they would have included any drama to which he had no title....

...argue an interest in the work, greater than that expressed in the dedication, viz. : " Onely to keepe the memory of so worthy a Friend and Fellow alive, as was our Shakespeare." If this is not altogether a fancy, it would go far to substantiate the idea of the community...

...they were published, the volume asked to bo yours. We have but collected them, and done an office to the dead, to procure his orphans guardians; without...of so worthy a friend and fellow alive, as was our SHAKKSPEAEE, by humble offer of his plays, to your most noble patronage. Wherein, as we have just observed,...

...Montgomery, his fellows, Heminge and Condell, profess that their great object in their publication was " only to keep the memory of so worthy a friend and fellow alive as was our Shakspeare :" and their preface to the public appears evidently to have been dictated by their personal and affectionate...

...they were published, the volume asked to be yours. We have but collected them, and done an office to r shepherd ? Your heart is full of something that does take Your mind from feasting. S fume ; only to keep tho memory of fa friend and fellow alive as was our are, Ъу humble offer of his...

...done an office to the dead, to procure his orphans guardians ; without ambition either of self- profit or fame ; only to keep the memory of so worthy a friend and fellow alive as was our Shakespeare, by humble offer of his plays to your most noble patronage. Wherein, as we have justly...

...and " their author, living." They further say, " We have but collected them, and done an office to the dead, to procure his orphans guardians, without...of so worthy a friend and fellow alive, as was our Shakespeare." In their address " To the great variety of readers," the words which they use are still...

...clear to reveal by its own light the soul and genius of himself. In the mean time, he would take care to keep " the memory of so worthy a Friend and Fellow alive," as this '' our Shakespeare " had come to be. The following Sonnet, perhaps, may represent the true state...