...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 Shahspeare." In the Spring of 1598, Lord William Herbert left Wilton, to mingle with the gaieties of...

...the plays and the actor were one. They say that their object in publishing the collected edition was "to keep the memory of so worthy a friend and fellow alive as was our Shakespeare"; and Ben Jonson, in a famous passage in his Timber, published in 1641, lakes this for...

...say in their dedication of the work to the Earls of Pembroke and Montgomery, ' and done an office to the dead, to procure his orphans guardians ; without...a friend and fellow alive, as was our Shakspeare.' Nor is there any reason for suspecting the sincerity of their statement. What pecuniary advantage was...

...to procure his Orphanes, Guardians; without ambition either of selfe-profit, or fame: onely to keepe h SHAKESPEARE, by humble offer of his playes, to your most noble patronage. Wherein, as we have justly...

...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...

...Histories, and Tragedies." These player-editors profess that " they have done this office to the dead only to keep the memory of so worthy a friend and fellow alive as was our Shakespeare." Yet their utter negligence shown in " their fellow's" volume is no evidence of their...

...Histories, and Tragedies." These player-editors profess that "they have done this office to the dead only to keep the memory of so worthy a friend and fellow alive as was our Shakespeare." Yet their utter negligence shown in " their fellow's" volume is no evidence of their...

...Histories, and Tragedies." These player-editors profess that "they have done this office to the dead only to keep the memory of so worthy a friend and fellow alive as was our Shakespeare." Yet their utter negligence shown in " their fellow's" volume is no evidence of their...

...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....

...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 inclnded any drama to which he had no title....