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...age ; " and in the one hundred and twenty-seventh of Shakespeare's Sonnets we have — In tht old afs black was not counted fair, Or, if it were, it bore not beauty's name. Yet, possibly, Shakespeare might lately have been reading the following passage in a book printed in...

...Hathaway's eyes ; but how can we affirm that the following three Sonnets were not addressed to her?— In the old age black was not counted fair, Or, if...now is black beauty's successive heir, And beauty slander'd with a bastard shame : For since each hand hath put on nature's power, Fairing the foul with...

...he might have quoted in favour of his opinion Shakespeare iimself, who says : — In the old age Had was not counted fair, Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name ; But now is black bcautj's successive heir, And beauty slander'd with a bastard shame. Sonnet CXXTU. For I have sworn...

...treasure Her audit, though delayed, answered must be, And her quietus is to render thee. CXXVIl. In tne old age black was not counted fair, Or if it were,...successive heir, And beauty slandered with a bastard shame Steevens : " I am just informed by an old lady that teconds is a provincial term for the second kind...

...might bave quoted in favour of his opinion Shakespeare himself, who says : — In the old age Hack w&s not counted fair, Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name ; But now is llatk beauty's successive heir, And beauty slander'd with a bastard shame. Sonnet cxxrii. For I have...

...treasure : Her audit, though delayed, answered must be, And her quietus is to render thee. CXXVII. In tne old age black was not counted fair, Or if it were,...successive heir, And beauty slandered with a bastard shame: Stcevens : " I am just informed by an old lady that seconds is a provincial term for the second kind...

...answered must be, And her quietus is to render thee. CXXVII. In tne old age black was not counted fair, i Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name .; But now...successive heir, And beauty slandered with a bastard shame : Steevens : " I am just informed by an old lady that seconds is a provincial term for the second kind...

...pleasure ; She may detain, but not still keep, her treasure : Her audit, though delay 'd, auswer'd must be, And her quietus is to render thee. cxxvu....now is black beauty's successive heir, And beauty slander'd with a bastard shame : For since each hand hath put on nature's power, Fairing the foul with...

...treasure : And her quietus, is to render thee. Her audit, though delay'd, answerM must be, cxxyii. In the old age black was not counted fair,* Or if...But now is black beauty's successive heir And beauty slander'd with a bastard shame. For since each hand hath put on nature's power, Fairing the foul with...