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Page 90
... because the translation of the Menachmi of Plautus , from which the plot
appears to have been taken , was not published till 1595. But on a more attentive
examination of 1 6 The words heir and hair were , I make no doubt , pronounced
alike ...
... because the translation of the Menachmi of Plautus , from which the plot
appears to have been taken , was not published till 1595. But on a more attentive
examination of 1 6 The words heir and hair were , I make no doubt , pronounced
alike ...
Page 91
The piece was entered at Stationers ' Hall , June 10 , 1594 , and as the author
had translated all the comedies of Plautus , it may be presumed that the whole
work had been the employment of some years : and this might have been one of
the ...
The piece was entered at Stationers ' Hall , June 10 , 1594 , and as the author
had translated all the comedies of Plautus , it may be presumed that the whole
work had been the employment of some years : and this might have been one of
the ...
Page 92
A play with the same title as that before us , was exhibited at Gray's inn in
December 1594 ; but I know not whether it was Shakspeare's play , or a
translation from Plautus . ” After such sports , ( says the writer of Gesta Grayorum ,
1688 , ) a ...
A play with the same title as that before us , was exhibited at Gray's inn in
December 1594 ; but I know not whether it was Shakspeare's play , or a
translation from Plautus . ” After such sports , ( says the writer of Gesta Grayorum ,
1688 , ) a ...
Page 125
His words are these : “ As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for
comedy and tragedy , among the Latines , so Shakspeare , among the English ,
is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage : for comedy , witness his
Gentlemen of ...
His words are these : “ As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for
comedy and tragedy , among the Latines , so Shakspeare , among the English ,
is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage : for comedy , witness his
Gentlemen of ...
Page 281
Aulus Gellius informs us , that some plays are ascribed absolutely to Plautus ,
which he only re - touched and polished ; and this is undoubtedly the case with
our author likewise . The revival of this performance , which Ben Jonson calls
stale ...
Aulus Gellius informs us , that some plays are ascribed absolutely to Plautus ,
which he only re - touched and polished ; and this is undoubtedly the case with
our author likewise . The revival of this performance , which Ben Jonson calls
stale ...
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 2 The Plays of William Shakspeare, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1799 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 8 Sep 2011 |
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