The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 3J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... dramatick writer , the titles are fcarcely known , except to antiquaries ; nor is there one of them that will bear a fecond perufal . Yet thefe , contemptible and few as they are , we may fuppofe to have been the moft popular ...
... dramatick writer , the titles are fcarcely known , except to antiquaries ; nor is there one of them that will bear a fecond perufal . Yet thefe , contemptible and few as they are , we may fuppofe to have been the moft popular ...
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... dramatick performances , that I fhall make no apology for extracting from various parts of his valuable work , fuch particulars as fuit my present purpose . The earlieft dramatick entertainments exhibited in England , as well as every ...
... dramatick performances , that I fhall make no apology for extracting from various parts of his valuable work , fuch particulars as fuit my present purpose . The earlieft dramatick entertainments exhibited in England , as well as every ...
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... dramatick entertainment : " About the eighth century trade was principally carried on by means of fairs , which lafted feveral days . Charlemagne established many great marts of this fort in France , as did William the Con- queror , and ...
... dramatick entertainment : " About the eighth century trade was principally carried on by means of fairs , which lafted feveral days . Charlemagne established many great marts of this fort in France , as did William the Con- queror , and ...
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... dramatick repre- fentations . In the year 1378 , the fcholars , or chorifters of Saint Paul's cathedral , prefented a petition to King Richard the Second , praying his Majefty to prohibit fome ignorant and unex- perienced perfons from ...
... dramatick repre- fentations . In the year 1378 , the fcholars , or chorifters of Saint Paul's cathedral , prefented a petition to King Richard the Second , praying his Majefty to prohibit fome ignorant and unex- perienced perfons from ...
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... dramatick art : they contain fome rudiments of a plot , and even attempt to delineate characters , and to paint manners . From hence the gradual tranfi- tion to real historical perfonages was natural and obvious . " 9 Dr. Percy , in his ...
... dramatick art : they contain fome rudiments of a plot , and even attempt to delineate characters , and to paint manners . From hence the gradual tranfi- tion to real historical perfonages was natural and obvious . " 9 Dr. Percy , in his ...
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