 | Thomas Arnold - 1888 - 666 sider
...This William,' says Aubrey, ' being inclined naturally to poetry and acting, came to London, I guess, about 18, and was an actor at one of the playhouses, and did act exceedingly well.' Tho writer tolls several hearsay anecdotes of no great interest, and adds that he had heard Davenant... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Peter Augustin Daniel, William Griggs - 1888 - 84 sider
...it remarked, has no reference to this tradition ; he merely states that—" This Wm. being inclined naturally to Poetry and acting, came to London, I guesse, about 18," &c.; and the first allusion to the tradition is found in a certain blundering MS. note, said to have... | |
 | Charlotte Carmichael Stopes - 1889 - 296 sider
...being inclined naturally to poetry and acting, came to London, I guess about eighteen years of age ; and was an actor at one of the playhouses, and did act exceedingly well. Now Ben Jonson was never a good actor, but an excellent instructor. He began early to make essaies at dramatique... | |
 | Thomas William White - 1892 - 326 sider
...This William, being inclined to poetry and acting, came to London, I guess about eighteen (1582 ?) and was an actor at one of the play-houses and did act exceedingly well. Now Ben .Tonson was never a good actor, but an excellent instructor. He began early to make essays in dramatic... | |
 | Longman (Firm) - 1897 - 296 sider
...William, being naturally inclined to poetry and acting, came to London — I guess about eighteen — and was an actor at one of the playhouses, and did act exceedingly well ". A later tradition runs, " He was obliged to leave his business and family in Warwickshire for some... | |
 | John Aubrey - 1898 - 414 sider
...him for a naturall witt, his acquaintance and coetanean, but dyed young. This William being inclined naturally to poetry and acting, came to London, I...play-houses, and did act exceedingly well (now B. Johnson was never a good actor, but an excellent instructor). He began early to make essayes at dramatique... | |
 | John Aubrey, Andrew Clark - 1898 - 426 sider
...young. This William being inclined naturally to poetry and acting, came to London, I guesse, about 1 8 ; and was an actor at one of the play-houses, and did act exceedingly well (now B. Johnson was never a good actor, but an excellent instructor). He began early to make essayes at dramatique... | |
 | John Aubrey, Andrew Clark - 1898 - 398 sider
...young. This William being inclined naturally to poetry and acting, came to London, I guesse, about 1 8 ; and was an actor at one of the play-houses, and did act exceedingly well (now B. Johnson was never a good actor, but an excellent instructor). He began early to make essayes at dramatique... | |
 | Robert McWilliam - 1900 - 644 sider
...William, being naturally inclined to poetry and acting, came to London—I guess about eighteen—and was an actor at one of the playhouses, and did act exceedingly well.' A later tradition runs, ' He was obliged to leave his business and family in Warwickshire for some... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1901 - 808 sider
...him for a natural! witt, his acquaintance and coetanean, but dyed young. This William being inclined naturally to poetry and acting, came to London, I...the playhouses, and did act exceedingly well (now B. Johnson was never a good actor, but an excellent instructor). He began early to make essayes at dramatique... | |
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This William being inclined naturally to poetry and acting, came to London, I guesse, about 18; and was an actor at one of the play-houses, and did act exceedingly well (now B. 
