...novelist : — "There is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers) that with his tiger's heart,'wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to...his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country." The line in italics is a parody of one in 3 Henry VI. I. 4:— " O ! tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's...

...shall, were ye in that case that I am now, be both of them at once forsaken ? Yes, trust them not ; for there is an upstart crow, beautified with our...his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country' We shall have occasion to examine into the meaning of Greene's charge presently. From this passage,...

...case that I am now, be both of them at once forsaken ? Yes, trust them not ; for there is an tipstart crow, beautified with our feathers, that, with his...his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.' We shall have occasion to examine into the meaning of Greene's charge presently. From this passage,...

...inferior." Then follows this passage, which is usually thought by critics to refer to Shakespeare: " There is an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers,...his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country." From which curious criticism we may infer that even in those early times jealousy among dramatic authors...

...assailed in particular one "upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his Tiger's heart wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to...his own conceit, the only Shakescene in a country." It is unnecessary to suppose that this bitter outburst, the best of all testimonies to Shakespeare's...

...dramatist and novelist, indulged in the following disparaging criticism in reference to Shakspeare : — as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best...his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country." The line in italics is a parody of one in 3 Henry VI., i. 4: — " 0 ! tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's...

...produced amongst inferior dramatic writers, we have an amusing specimen in the words of Robert Greene : " There is an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers,...absolute Johannes Factotum, is, in his own conceit, the ouly Shakscene in a country." Amongst the most remarkable dramatic contemporaries of Shakespeare, or...

...crow beautified with our feathers that, with his tiger's heart wrapt in a player's hide, supposes that he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as...his own conceit the only shake-scene in a country." The expression " tiger's heart wrapt in a player's hide " is a parody upon a well known line in Henry...

...and novelist, indulged in the following disparaging criticism in reference to Shakspeare:- — • as Well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best...his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country/' The line in italics is a parody of one in 3 Henry VI. , i. 4: — "0! tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's...

...in writing ' as well as to the moral probity of Shakspere, as reported to him on high authority '. able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you...his own conceit, the only Shake-scene in a country.' The bearing of this passage on the question of the authorship of certain plays will be briefly adverted...