The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 3J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... manners with great comprehension and sagacity . " " Voltaire's theory on this subject is also very ingenious , and quite new . Religious plays , he supposes , came originally from Constantinople ; " where the old Grecian stage continued ...
... manners with great comprehension and sagacity . " " Voltaire's theory on this subject is also very ingenious , and quite new . Religious plays , he supposes , came originally from Constantinople ; " where the old Grecian stage continued ...
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... manners ; when the knight going to a tornament , first invoked his God , then his mis- tress , and afterwards proceeded with a safe con- science and great resolution to engage his antago- nist . In these Mysteries I have sometimes seen ...
... manners ; when the knight going to a tornament , first invoked his God , then his mis- tress , and afterwards proceeded with a safe con- science and great resolution to engage his antago- nist . In these Mysteries I have sometimes seen ...
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... manners of the people , by diverting the public attention to spectacles in which the mind was concerned , and by creating a regard for other arts than those of bodily strength and savage valour . ' I may add , that these representations ...
... manners of the people , by diverting the public attention to spectacles in which the mind was concerned , and by creating a regard for other arts than those of bodily strength and savage valour . ' I may add , that these representations ...
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... manners . From hence the gradual transi- tion to real historical personages was natural and obvious . " 9 Dr. Percy , in his Account of the English Stage , has given an Analysis of two ancient Moralities , entitled Every Man , and Lusty ...
... manners . From hence the gradual transi- tion to real historical personages was natural and obvious . " 9 Dr. Percy , in his Account of the English Stage , has given an Analysis of two ancient Moralities , entitled Every Man , and Lusty ...
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... manner is , ( as I think it is in other like corporations , ) that when players of enterludes come to towne , they first attend the Mayor , to enforme him what noble- mans servants they are , and so to get licence for their publike ...
... manner is , ( as I think it is in other like corporations , ) that when players of enterludes come to towne , they first attend the Mayor , to enforme him what noble- mans servants they are , and so to get licence for their publike ...
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