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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... Stage . A history of the Stage is no trivial thing to those who wish to study human nature in all shapes and po- sitions . It is of all things the most instructive , to see not only the reflection of manners and characters at several ...
... Stage . A history of the Stage is no trivial thing to those who wish to study human nature in all shapes and po- sitions . It is of all things the most instructive , to see not only the reflection of manners and characters at several ...
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... STAGE . a THE drama before the time of Shakspeare was so little cultivated , or so ill understood , that to many it may appear unnecessary to carry our theatrical re- searches higher than that period . Dryden has truly observed , that ...
... STAGE . a THE drama before the time of Shakspeare was so little cultivated , or so ill understood , that to many it may appear unnecessary to carry our theatrical re- searches higher than that period . Dryden has truly observed , that ...
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... Stage during the 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 ...
... Stage during the 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 ...
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... stage continued to flourish in some degree , and the tragedies of Sophocles and Euripides were represented , till the fourth century . About that period , Gregory Nazianzen , an Archbishop , a poet , and one of the fathers of the church ...
... stage continued to flourish in some degree , and the tragedies of Sophocles and Euripides were represented , till the fourth century . About that period , Gregory Nazianzen , an Archbishop , a poet , and one of the fathers of the church ...
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... stage , where these three ladies joyning in a sweet song , rocked him asleepe , that he snorted againe ; and in the mean time closely conveyed under the cloaths wherewithall he was covered , a vizard , like a swines snout , upon his ...
... stage , where these three ladies joyning in a sweet song , rocked him asleepe , that he snorted againe ; and in the mean time closely conveyed under the cloaths wherewithall he was covered , a vizard , like a swines snout , upon his ...
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