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To which are added , the principal Scenes in the same Author . 19mo . 1784.
Printed for Kcarsley . Dramatick Miscellanies , consisting of critical Obfervations
on the Plays of Shakspeare , & c . By Thomas Davies . 3 Vols . Grown 8vo . 1784 .
To which are added , the principal Scenes in the same Author . 19mo . 1784.
Printed for Kcarsley . Dramatick Miscellanies , consisting of critical Obfervations
on the Plays of Shakspeare , & c . By Thomas Davies . 3 Vols . Grown 8vo . 1784 .
Page 70
... Shake - scene in a countrey . O that I might intreat your rare wittes to be
employed in more profitable courses ; and let these apes imitate your past
excellence , and never fo 1 -me hen 1rpt ber ked . eler arer 70
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
... Shake - scene in a countrey . O that I might intreat your rare wittes to be
employed in more profitable courses ; and let these apes imitate your past
excellence , and never fo 1 -me hen 1rpt ber ked . eler arer 70
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
Page 75
have mentioned that I do not believe The First Part of King Henry VI . to have
been the composition of Shakspeare ; or that at most he wrote but one or two
scenes in it . It is unnecessary here to repeat the circumstances on which that
opinion is ...
have mentioned that I do not believe The First Part of King Henry VI . to have
been the composition of Shakspeare ; or that at most he wrote but one or two
scenes in it . It is unnecessary here to repeat the circumstances on which that
opinion is ...
Page 81
... to use the ground - work of another dramatist , and form a new play upon it , in
the lifetime of the author or authors . I know not how much weight this argument is
entitled to . We are certain that Shakspeare did transcribe a whole scene ...
... to use the ground - work of another dramatist , and form a new play upon it , in
the lifetime of the author or authors . I know not how much weight this argument is
entitled to . We are certain that Shakspeare did transcribe a whole scene ...
Page 82
From the epithet Sporting , which is applied to Kyd , and which is certainly in
some measure a quibble on his name , it is manifest that he must have produced
some comick piece upon the scene , as well as the two tragedies of his
composition ...
From the epithet Sporting , which is applied to Kyd , and which is certainly in
some measure a quibble on his name , it is manifest that he must have produced
some comick piece upon the scene , as well as the two tragedies of his
composition ...
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