The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 1T. Tegg, 1812 |
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... Comedy of Errors , and The Taming of a Shrew , are all pure comedy ; the rest , however they are called , have something of both kinds . It is not very easy to determine which way of writing he was most excellent in . There is certainly ...
... Comedy of Errors , and The Taming of a Shrew , are all pure comedy ; the rest , however they are called , have something of both kinds . It is not very easy to determine which way of writing he was most excellent in . There is certainly ...
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... comedy is , in general , natural to the characters , and easy in itself ; and the wit most commonly sprightly and pleasing , except in those places where he runs into doggerel rhimes , as in The Comedy of Errors , and some other plays ...
... comedy is , in general , natural to the characters , and easy in itself ; and the wit most commonly sprightly and pleasing , except in those places where he runs into doggerel rhimes , as in The Comedy of Errors , and some other plays ...
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... Comedy of Errors is in great measure founded on the Menęchmi of Plautus ; but I do not recollect ever to have seen it observed , that the disguise of the Pedant in The Taming of the Shrew , and his assuming the name and character of ...
... Comedy of Errors is in great measure founded on the Menęchmi of Plautus ; but I do not recollect ever to have seen it observed , that the disguise of the Pedant in The Taming of the Shrew , and his assuming the name and character of ...
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