. Shakespere: his birthplace and its neighborhood. Apple The House in Henley Street as Restored. CHAPTER XII. THE PROVINCIALISMS OF SHAKSPERE.* It would have been singular that Shakspere, being bornin Warwickshire, should not have used some of its pro- * Some small portion of the matter in this chapter, and more in theAppendix, has appeared in a paper I contributed to Erasers Magazine forOctober, 1856, and which the kindness of the editor has enabled me to useagain. It has, however, all been entirely rewritten, and may be considered 104 SHAKSPERE AND HIS BIRTHPLACE. vincialisms, or


. Shakespere: his birthplace and its neighborhood. Apple The House in Henley Street as Restored. CHAPTER XII. THE PROVINCIALISMS OF SHAKSPERE.* It would have been singular that Shakspere, being bornin Warwickshire, should not have used some of its pro- * Some small portion of the matter in this chapter, and more in theAppendix, has appeared in a paper I contributed to Erasers Magazine forOctober, 1856, and which the kindness of the editor has enabled me to useagain. It has, however, all been entirely rewritten, and may be considered 104 SHAKSPERE AND HIS BIRTHPLACE. vincialisms, or made some allusions to his native county,I have pointed out a few of the latter in some of thepreceding pages; but this chapter I will devote to someof the more striking phrases found in his plays, and whichare still to be heard in the mouths of the Warwickshirepeasantry, who, now more than anybody else, Speak the tongueThat Shakspere spake. , If Shaksperes own style and manner, which is undoubtedlythe case, has had a marked influence on subsequent writers,and ev


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