The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 - Theater |
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... Tragedy of Valentian , declares that She had rather make a drollery till thirty , ' i . e . spend her youth in making puppet - shows , which she considers as the lowest scene of degradation : and so , indeed , in many other places . The ...
... Tragedy of Valentian , declares that She had rather make a drollery till thirty , ' i . e . spend her youth in making puppet - shows , which she considers as the lowest scene of degradation : and so , indeed , in many other places . The ...
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... tragedies were only histories in dialogue ; and their comedies followed the thread of any novel as they found it , no less implicitly than if it had been true history . To judge therefore of Shakspeare by Aristotle's rules , is like ...
... tragedies were only histories in dialogue ; and their comedies followed the thread of any novel as they found it , no less implicitly than if it had been true history . To judge therefore of Shakspeare by Aristotle's rules , is like ...
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... Tragedy , Lord Cromwell , The Puritan , London Prodigal , and a thing called The Double Falshood † , connot be admitted * Mr. Pope probably recollected the following lines in The Taming of the Shrew , spoken by a Lord , who is giving ...
... Tragedy , Lord Cromwell , The Puritan , London Prodigal , and a thing called The Double Falshood † , connot be admitted * Mr. Pope probably recollected the following lines in The Taming of the Shrew , spoken by a Lord , who is giving ...
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... tragedies , & c . as well at their usual house called the Globe on the other side of the water , as in any other ... tragedy . Nor , in- deed , could the number of the dramatick pieces , he pro- duced , admit of his retiring near so ...
... tragedies , & c . as well at their usual house called the Globe on the other side of the water , as in any other ... tragedy . Nor , in- deed , could the number of the dramatick pieces , he pro- duced , admit of his retiring near so ...
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... tragedies , when Greek or Roman story could give any light , no pains have been omitted to set passages right , by comparing my author with his originals ; for , as I have frequently observed , he was a close and accurate copier ...
... tragedies , when Greek or Roman story could give any light , no pains have been omitted to set passages right , by comparing my author with his originals ; for , as I have frequently observed , he was a close and accurate copier ...
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