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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Page 12
... produced in the same year , and The Promises of God , written by John Bale , and printed in 1538 , are curious specimens of this early species of drama . But the most ancient as well as most com- plete collection of this kind is , The ...
... produced in the same year , and The Promises of God , written by John Bale , and printed in 1538 , are curious specimens of this early species of drama . But the most ancient as well as most com- plete collection of this kind is , The ...
Page 39
... produced between the years Among the memoranda of my lamented friend , Dr. Far- mer , was found what he styles " Index to the Registry of the University of Cambridge [ loose papers ] . " From this I have made the following extract of ...
... produced between the years Among the memoranda of my lamented friend , Dr. Far- mer , was found what he styles " Index to the Registry of the University of Cambridge [ loose papers ] . " From this I have made the following extract of ...
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... produced those plays which have now for two hundred years been the boast and admiration of his countrymen . Our earliest dramas , as we have seen , were re- presented in churches or near them by eccle- siasticks : but at a very early ...
... produced those plays which have now for two hundred years been the boast and admiration of his countrymen . Our earliest dramas , as we have seen , were re- presented in churches or near them by eccle- siasticks : but at a very early ...
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... the upper part of the scene opened ; when straight ap- pear'd an heaven & c . - they descended in order within the scene whiles the Musike plaid . " STEEVENS , devices , but produced very little to that which was 84 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT.
... the upper part of the scene opened ; when straight ap- pear'd an heaven & c . - they descended in order within the scene whiles the Musike plaid . " STEEVENS , devices , but produced very little to that which was 84 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT.
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... produced very little to that which was expected . " It is observable , that the writer of this account was not acquainted even with the term , scene , having used painted clothes instead of it : nor in- deed is this surprising , it not ...
... produced very little to that which was expected . " It is observable , that the writer of this account was not acquainted even with the term , scene , having used painted clothes instead of it : nor in- deed is this surprising , it not ...
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