Malone's life of Shakspeare, comprehending an essay on the chronological order of his plays. Appendix. Shakspeare's coat of arms. Conveyance from Walker to Shakspeare. Shakspeare's mortgage. Declaration of trust, by Heminge, &c. Shakspeare's will. Extracts from Stratford register. Entries on the stationers' books. List of the early editions of Shakspeare. Dedication of the players, 1623. Preface of the players. Modern editions. Plays ascribed to Shakspeare. Plays altered from Shakspeare. Character of Aubrey, the antiquaryF. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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... and economy , espe- cially in tragedy , never any expressed a more lofty and tragick height ; never any represented nature more purely to the life : and where the polishments 4 THE LIFE OF Robert Arden's Will, and Inventory.
... and economy , espe- cially in tragedy , never any expressed a more lofty and tragick height ; never any represented nature more purely to the life : and where the polishments 4 THE LIFE OF Robert Arden's Will, and Inventory.
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... count of Spencer was prefixed to a folio edition of his works , neither the booksellers , who republished our author's plays in 1664 and 1665 , employed any 1 person to write the Life of Shakspeare ; nor 6 THE LIFE OF Grants to Robert ...
... count of Spencer was prefixed to a folio edition of his works , neither the booksellers , who republished our author's plays in 1664 and 1665 , employed any 1 person to write the Life of Shakspeare ; nor 6 THE LIFE OF Grants to Robert ...
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... poets , he probably was particularly anxious to learn all such circumstances as might be most conducive to such an undertaking . He died in 1673 , at the age of eighty - WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . 7 Genealogical Table of Robert Arden.
... poets , he probably was particularly anxious to learn all such circumstances as might be most conducive to such an undertaking . He died in 1673 , at the age of eighty - WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . 7 Genealogical Table of Robert Arden.
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... Arden ( for soe is [ the ] ancient name of that part of the shire ) ; and the ground in Arden is much enclosed , plentifull of grasse , but not of corne . The other parte of Warwikeshire that lyeth on the left hand or ripe of Avon river ...
... Arden ( for soe is [ the ] ancient name of that part of the shire ) ; and the ground in Arden is much enclosed , plentifull of grasse , but not of corne . The other parte of Warwikeshire that lyeth on the left hand or ripe of Avon river ...
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... Arden , however , ac- cording to the capricious modes of ancient spelling , were by no means uniform in writing their names : some exhibiting it in one way , some in another . In Leland's time , the name , we find , had acquired the ...
... Arden , however , ac- cording to the capricious modes of ancient spelling , were by no means uniform in writing their names : some exhibiting it in one way , some in another . In Leland's time , the name , we find , had acquired the ...
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