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...choir sang "Doth Not Wisdom Cry," by King; "I Will Love Thee," by Gilbert; and "Peace I Leave with You," by Roberts...
...other language than our own can there be found such a series of historical dramas as Shakespeare has given us in King John, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Richard III, and Henry VIII. There has been a great deal of dispute as to the real authors of these plays and the times when they were written; but such questions, though perhaps interesting to scholars, are of no great concern to one who reads Shakespeare for pleasure. To such a reader, too, it makes but little difference whether or not the plays are historically accurate...
...King George the Third always maintained that Shakespeare's writing was but sad stuff, and that it was only tolerated because it was Shakespeare. With this view no one can agree who reads his plays without prejudice. In them we find no trace of preaching or moralizing, but every character is allowed to speak for itself, without preference given or comment made. It is the work of a great artist, to whom life in all its manifold phases strongly appealed, and who was thus able to reproduce it with all the delightful charm of reality...
...choir sang, "To Thee, O Lord," by Tours; "How Beautiful upon the Mountain," by Stainer; and "O Lord, My Tryst," by King Hall...
Lecture. Shakespeare's King John, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Richard III, and Henry VIII. Mr. Copeland. Sever...