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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... stage continued to flourish in some degree , and the tragedies of Sophocles and Euripides were represented , till the fourth century . About that period , Gregory Nazianzen , an Arch- " At Constantinople , " as Mr. Warton has elsewhere ...
... stage continued to flourish in some degree , and the tragedies of Sophocles and Euripides were represented , till the fourth century . About that period , Gregory Nazianzen , an Arch- " At Constantinople , " as Mr. Warton has elsewhere ...
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... stage , disgraced with the grossest improprieties , corrupted with inventions and ad- ditions of the most ridiculous kind , sullied with impurities , and expressed in the language of the lowest farce . " " On the whole , the Mysteries ...
... stage , disgraced with the grossest improprieties , corrupted with inventions and ad- ditions of the most ridiculous kind , sullied with impurities , and expressed in the language of the lowest farce . " " On the whole , the Mysteries ...
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... stage , where these three ladies joyning in a sweet song , rocked him asleepe , that he snorted againe ; and in the mean time closely conveyed under the cloaths wherewithall he was covered , a vizard , like a swines snout , upon his ...
... stage , where these three ladies joyning in a sweet song , rocked him asleepe , that he snorted againe ; and in the mean time closely conveyed under the cloaths wherewithall he was covered , a vizard , like a swines snout , upon his ...
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... stage - play of goodly matter , being the miraculous history of the life of that saint , which continued four hours , and concluded with many religious songs . " No Mysteries , I believe , were repre- sented during the reign of ...
... stage - play of goodly matter , being the miraculous history of the life of that saint , which continued four hours , and concluded with many religious songs . " No Mysteries , I believe , were repre- sented during the reign of ...
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... stage . But in truth it is extremely ridiculous , that the spectator should see the actor listening , and yet he himself should not hear what one of his fellow- actors says concerning him , though in his own presence and within his ...
... stage . But in truth it is extremely ridiculous , that the spectator should see the actor listening , and yet he himself should not hear what one of his fellow- actors says concerning him , though in his own presence and within his ...
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