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Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon, a Chronicle of the Time

Robert E. Hunter

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864. Excerpt: ... THE TERCENTENARY FESTIVAL. No people can appreciate more highly the possession of an honourable distinction than the inhabitants of Stratfordupon-Avon. Not encumbered with the questionable blessing of poetic propensities in themselves, they, nevertheless, view with keen perception and enlarged comprehension the genius of Shakespeare. Proud of their town, to which his great name has bequeathed a world-wide celebrity, they have invariably felt that as inhabitants thereof they had special duties to discharge towards his memory. His remarkable attachment to Stratford contributes not a little to their estimate of the honour he conferred upon the town, and largely accounts for their abiding anxiety to prove to the empire and the world that they understand the responsibilities as well as the honours of their position. Such seems to me to have been the feeling of Stratfordians time out of mind, although it is not many years since active steps began to be taken for securing to the nation and preserving from decay the place of his birth and residence. The feeling of respect for his memory has ever been deep, broad, and general. It only required Garrick to unfurl the flag of Shakespeare in order to arouse the town and attract around him the county a hundred years ago. The jubilee of 1827 formally transferred from the adherents of Garrick to their children that Shakespearian enthusiasm they had witnessed amongst their relatives, and which blended with their earliest recollections; and the celebration of 1830, with its royal, although nominal patronage, and its splendid pageantry, is treasured with pleasurable remembrance by every inhabitant of Stratford whose memory extends to the event. It would, therefore, have been singular indeed if the great epoch of the poet's ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon, a Chronicle of the Time. To get started finding Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon, a Chronicle of the Time, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 156

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: General Books

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1458974049

Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864. Excerpt: ... THE TERCENTENARY FESTIVAL. No people can appreciate more highly the possession of an honourable distinction than the inhabitants of Stratfordupon-Avon. Not encumbered with the questionable blessing of poetic propensities in themselves, they, nevertheless, view with keen perception and enlarged comprehension the genius of Shakespeare. Proud of their town, to which his great name has bequeathed a world-wide celebrity, they have invariably felt that as inhabitants thereof they had special duties to discharge towards his memory. His remarkable attachment to Stratford contributes not a little to their estimate of the honour he conferred upon the town, and largely accounts for their abiding anxiety to prove to the empire and the world that they understand the responsibilities as well as the honours of their position. Such seems to me to have been the feeling of Stratfordians time out of mind, although it is not many years since active steps began to be taken for securing to the nation and preserving from decay the place of his birth and residence. The feeling of respect for his memory has ever been deep, broad, and general. It only required Garrick to unfurl the flag of Shakespeare in order to arouse the town and attract around him the county a hundred years ago. The jubilee of 1827 formally transferred from the adherents of Garrick to their children that Shakespearian enthusiasm they had witnessed amongst their relatives, and which blended with their earliest recollections; and the celebration of 1830, with its royal, although nominal patronage, and its splendid pageantry, is treasured with pleasurable remembrance by every inhabitant of Stratford whose memory extends to the event. It would, therefore, have been singular indeed if the great epoch of the poet's ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon, a Chronicle of the Time. To get started finding Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon, a Chronicle of the Time, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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