The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 3F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... reigns of Elizabeth and James the First , and to an account of the internal economy and usages of the English theatres in the time of Shakspeare , ( the prin- cipal objects of this dissertation , ) I shall take a cur- sory view of our ...
... reigns of Elizabeth and James the First , and to an account of the internal economy and usages of the English theatres in the time of Shakspeare , ( the prin- cipal objects of this dissertation , ) I shall take a cur- sory view of our ...
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... reign of King Henry the Second , mentions , that London , for its theatrical exhibitions , has religious plays , either the representations of miracles wrought by holy confessors , or the sufferings of martyrs 66 4 " 3 Apud Dunestapliam ...
... reign of King Henry the Second , mentions , that London , for its theatrical exhibitions , has religious plays , either the representations of miracles wrought by holy confessors , or the sufferings of martyrs 66 4 " 3 Apud Dunestapliam ...
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... reign of Henry IV . which lasted for eight days . The book seems by the character and language to be at least 300 years old . It begins with a general prologue , giving the arguments of forty pageants or gesticula- tions , ( which were ...
... reign of Henry IV . which lasted for eight days . The book seems by the character and language to be at least 300 years old . It begins with a general prologue , giving the arguments of forty pageants or gesticula- tions , ( which were ...
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... reign of King Henry the Eighth , and Lusty Juventus in that of King Ed- ward the Sixth . As Dr. Percy's curious and valu- able collection of ancient English Poetry is in the 8 " It was a pretty part in the old church - playes , " says ...
... reign of King Henry the Eighth , and Lusty Juventus in that of King Ed- ward the Sixth . As Dr. Percy's curious and valu- able collection of ancient English Poetry is in the 8 " It was a pretty part in the old church - playes , " says ...
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... reign of King Edward the Fourth ( 1460 ) . The pub- lick pageants of the reign of King Henry the Sixth were uncommonly splendid ; and being then first en- livened by the introduction of speaking allegorical personages properly and ...
... reign of King Edward the Fourth ( 1460 ) . The pub- lick pageants of the reign of King Henry the Sixth were uncommonly splendid ; and being then first en- livened by the introduction of speaking allegorical personages properly and ...
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