Better Gutenberg
Free, beautifully formatted public-domain ebooks
‹Better GutenbergPreface to ShakespeareAct I — Scene IV. (L. Iii. 92.) · 21 of 32Contents›

Preface to Shakespeare

by Samuel Johnson

21 of 32 · Contents · Download EPUB

Act I Scene IV. (L. Iii. 92.)

That in gold clasps locks in the golden story.

The “golden story” is perhaps the “golden legend”, a book in the darker ages of popery much read, and doubtless often exquisitely embellished, but of which Canus, one of the popish doctors, proclaims the author to have been homo ferrei oris, plumbei cordis.

← Back to Preface to Shakespeare

Scroll to Top