. William Shakespere : a biography. ^-. J^- [Sbottery Cuttag*.] the face oi it, it appears an act that might at least be reproved in the wordswhich follovi/ those we have just quoted : — As the most forward V)iidIs eaten by the canker ere it blow,Even so by love the young and tender witIs turnd to folly; blasting in the his verdure even in the prime,And all the fair effects of future hopes. This is the common consequence of precocious marriages; but we are nottherefore to conclude that the young and tender wit of our Shakspere wasturned to folly—that his forward bud was eaten by the


. William Shakespere : a biography. ^-. J^- [Sbottery Cuttag*.] the face oi it, it appears an act that might at least be reproved in the wordswhich follovi/ those we have just quoted : — As the most forward V)iidIs eaten by the canker ere it blow,Even so by love the young and tender witIs turnd to folly; blasting in the his verdure even in the prime,And all the fair effects of future hopes. This is the common consequence of precocious marriages; but we are nottherefore to conclude that the young and tender wit of our Shakspere wasturned to folly—that his forward bud was eaten by the canker—thai Two Ucntlenicn oi Verona i., Scene i. 20*; WILLIAM SHAKSPERL : •his verdure was losL even in tlie prime, by his marriage with AnneHathaway before he was nineteen. The influence which this marriage musthave liad upon his destinies was no doubt considerable ; but it is too much toassume, as it has been assumed, that it was an unhappy influence. All thatwe really know of Shaksperes family life warrants the contr


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