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nikkifirewall: Music/Politics/Environment/Tech/Business~Greetings and Salutations~Thankyou Followers + New~Wishing you all a very happy, safe and peaceful day or evening around the globe. Today’s quote: ‘Courage my Soul, now learn to wield’ - Sir William Davenant
AnecdotalWisdom: Apologising because he could not finish a poem on which he was working, dramatist Sir William Davenant said, “I shall ask leave to desist, when I am interrupted by so great an experiment as dying.”
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the origins of Humpty Dumpty.
AusterityKitchn: March 3: St Cunegundes Day. Poets Edmund Waller, Sir William Davenant, and Thomas Otway born; Sir Nicholas Carew beheaded; and, sometime in the last quarter of the eighteenth century, the merry undertakers sketched by "merry-hearted artist" John Nixon.
sky_goodwill: Here's one: "Honour is the moral conscience of the great." ~ Sir William Davenant. An understanding by an English poet.
Honour produces a golden aura.
Richard56: "Since Knowledge is but Sorrow’s spy
It is not safe to know."
Sir William Davenant (1606-1668)
AnecdotalWisdom: Apologising because he could not finish a poem on which he was working, dramatist Sir William Davenant said, “I shall ask leave to desist, when I am interrupted by so great an experiment as dying.”
AnecdotalWisdom: Apologising because he could not finish a poem on which he was working, dramatist Sir William Davenant said, “I shall ask leave to desist, when I am interrupted by so great an experiment as dying.”
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
GaryM03062: Odd history note: When England's ban on theater ended in 1660, Sir William Davenant created "reformed" versions of Shakespeare's plays. They took out the dirty humor but expanded some of the female roles.
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
jjponcevazquez: NEW TODAY in the Iberian Colonial Repository: Sir William Davenant's 1658 play "The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru."
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
cdashiell: —The height of fine society. And sir William Davenant of Oxford’s mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
AnecdotalWisdom: Apologising because he could not finish a poem on which he was working, dramatist Sir William Davenant said, “I shall ask leave to desist, when I am interrupted by so great an experiment as dying.”
MobyDick_LBL: “Immense as whales, the motion of whose vast bodies can in a peaceful calm trouble the ocean till it boil.” —Sir William Davenant. Preface to Gondibert.
Archtype: Born on this day in 1606, Sir William Davenant, poet laureate, godson or perhaps son of William Shakespeare
ingo_don: —
Sir William Davenant
(Oxford, 28/2/1606 - 7/4/1668, London)
english poet & playwright …
—
MattKish9: MOBY-DICK EXTRACT 18: "Immense as whales, the motion of whose vast bodies can in a peaceful calm trouble the ocean till it boil." SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT. PREFACE TO GONDIBERT.
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
robohorgan: stand in our society. And sir William Davenant of Oxford’s mother with her potstick and wiped her fingertips smartly on the hillside. 2/3
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the Origins of Humpty Dumpty
robohorgan: And sir William Davenant of Oxford’s mother with her when this legislation on behalf of constituents. The notion of self-sufficiency 1/3
ForgottenOsama: - Sir William Davenant
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
ukhistorybooks: Shakespeare in the theatre: Sir William Davenant and the Duke's Company (The Arden Shakespeare)
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
mightymo42: “Immense as whales, the motion of whose vast bodies can in a peaceful calm trouble the ocean til it boil.” — Sir William Davenant.
kyle_a_thomas: In 1661—The Restoration—Sir William Davenant had Lisle’s Tennis Court converted into a theatre
_RHCollection: His son inscribed this set: "This first edition of the works of Sir William Davenant was given to my father, Eugene Field, by the members of the "Saints and Sinners" Corner, and was greatly prized by him. Eugene Field II., Sept. 2-1923."
Infinite_Joyce: statement explanatory of his lustiness. And sir William Davenant of oxford's mother with ungainly grace, the mare ran out freshly with 0.
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
randomreader123: YOUR beauty, ripe and calm and fresh
As eastern summers are,
Must now, forsaking time and flesh,
Add light to some small star.
-Sir William Davenant. 1606–1668
robohorgan: And sir William Davenant of Oxford’s mother with her basket and a significant increase in the cost to this. Mr Bloom, glancing sideways 1/3
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant (self-proclaimed son of Shakespeare and poet laureate) and the origins of Humpty Dumpty.
yonezo4649: stopping off in Oxford at a tavern owned by a Mr and Mrs Davenant, the latter being a witty and beautiful woman who just might have borne him an illegitimate son who grew up to be Sir William Davenant, Poet Laureate.
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the origins of Humpty Dumpty in the War of Three Kingdoms.
ingo_don: 415th BD: Sir William Davenant (Oxford, 28/2/1606 - 7/4/1668, London) english poet & playwright. He was one of the rare figures in English Renaissance theatre (Caroline & Restoration era). His work represents an important contribution in the development of English theatre.
4LL1ve4LL: “Immense as whales, the motion of whose vast bodies can in a peaceful calm trouble the ocean till it boil.”
— Sir William Davenant. Preface to Gondibert .
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
AnselmSnodgrass: The sheet of music is inscribed: Beauty retire, thou etc. with, above and almost illegible: Solyman to Roxana; a setting by Pepys of words spoken by Solyman in Sir William Davenant’s Siege of Rhodes (first performed in 1656).
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the origins of Humpty Dumpty in the War of Three Kingdoms.
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the origins of Humpty Dumpty in the War of Three Kingdoms.
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the origins of Humpty Dumpty in the War of Three Kingdoms.
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the Origins of Humpty Dumpty
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the Origins of Humpty Dumpty
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the Origins of Humpty Dumpty
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
AnecdotalWisdom: Apologising because he could not finish a poem on which he was working, dramatist Sir William Davenant said, “I shall ask leave to desist, when I am interrupted by so great an experiment as dying.”
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
TheRoyalOranges: Sir William Davenant baptised March 3,1606 April 7,1668 also spelled D'Avenant was an English poet and playwright
FolgerLibrary: New from our Folger ENCORES series: watch a scene with the wacky witches from our 2018 production of Sir William Davenant's operatic Restoration-era adaptation of "Macbeth."
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant, the siege of Gloucester, and the civil war origins of Humpty Dumpty
AnecdotalWisdom: Apologising because he could not finish a poem on which he was working, dramatist Sir William Davenant said, “I shall ask leave to desist, when I am interrupted by so great an experiment as dying.”
LeGrape: Famous Last Words; "I shall have to ask leave to desist when I am interrupted by so great an experiment as dying." ~ Sir William Davenant~
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the origins of Humpty Dumpty
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant, Humpty Dumpty, and the 1643 Siege of Gloucester
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the origins of Humpty Dumpty.
TheHistoryPress: Out now! 'Shakespeare's Bastard: The Life of Sir William Davenant' by Simon Andrew Stirling:
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
AnecdotalWisdom: Apologising because he could not finish a poem on which he was working, dramatist Sir William Davenant said, “I shall ask leave to desist, when I am interrupted by so great an experiment as dying.”
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the origins of Humpty Dumpty.
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the origins of Humpty Dumpty.
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the origins of Humpty Dumpty.
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the origins of Humpty Dumpty.
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
PulterProject: We're ending the week with the end of Sir William Davenant's nose in "To Sir William Davenant: Upon the Unspeakable Loss of the Most Conspicuous and Chief Ornament of His Frontispiece"
Sniff it out Pulter at her most snarky here:
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the origins of Humpty Dumpty.
Voodooqueen126: Sir William Davenant and adapting Shakespeare, Restoration-style | The Shakespeare blog
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the origins of Humpty Dumpty.
percy_gryce: 2d ser. n.48. Sir William Davenant, English poet and playwright
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
—Blessed Margaret Mary Anycock!
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the origins of Humpty Dumpty.
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant and the origins of Humpty Dumpty.
ROGERSALUCCI: "The lark now leaves the watery nest,
And climbing shakes his dewy wings,
He takes this window for the East,
And to...
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious ey...
UlyssesReader: And sir William Davenant of oxford's
mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
Buck Mulligan, his pious ey...
KnowYourQuotes1: "For angling-rod he took a sturdy oak; For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke; His hook was such as head...
UlyssesReader: -The height of fine society. And sir William Davenant of oxford's mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
KurniaSaleem: Sir William Davenant on Twitter: "James Dean in Times Square by Dennis Stock, marked up for dodging and burning in...
wolfetvaddict: Sir William died in 1668, but his words are never more true than today, "It is the wit and policy of sin to hate th...
Temulkar: Sir William Davenant (self-proclaimed son of Shakespeare and poet laureate) and the true origins of Humpty Dumpty....
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robohorgan: sidepocket, unfolded it, rolled it lengthwise in a place to make the laws that affect our society. And sir William Davenant of Oxford's 4/5
floskull: Few know of Sir William Davenant, Shakespeare's bastard son
UlyssesReader: -The height of fine society. And sir William Davenant of oxford's mother with her cup of canary for any cockcanary.
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