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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... writer , the titles are scarcely known , except to antiquaries ; nor is there one of them that will bear a second perusal ' . Yet 1 I must be permitted to dissent from this sweeping censure passed upon all the predecessors of our great ...
... writer , the titles are scarcely known , except to antiquaries ; nor is there one of them that will bear a second perusal ' . Yet 1 I must be permitted to dissent from this sweeping censure passed upon all the predecessors of our great ...
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... writer with great probability supposes it to have been composed in 1174 , the author in one pas- sage mentioning that the church of St. Paul's was formerly metro- political , and that it was thought it would become so again , " should ...
... writer with great probability supposes it to have been composed in 1174 , the author in one pas- sage mentioning that the church of St. Paul's was formerly metro- political , and that it was thought it would become so again , " should ...
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... writer whose words I have just quoted , has given the following ingenious account of the origin of this rude species of dramatick entertainment : " About the eighth century trade was principally carried on by means of fairs which lasted ...
... writer whose words I have just quoted , has given the following ingenious account of the origin of this rude species of dramatick entertainment : " About the eighth century trade was principally carried on by means of fairs which lasted ...
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... writer now living , who has investigated the history of human manners with great comprehension and sa- gacity . " Voltaire's theory on this subject is also very in- genious , and quite new . Religious plays , he 3 OF THE ENGLISH STAGE ...
... writer now living , who has investigated the history of human manners with great comprehension and sa- gacity . " Voltaire's theory on this subject is also very in- genious , and quite new . Religious plays , he 3 OF THE ENGLISH STAGE ...
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... writers nor the spectators saw the impropriety , nor paid a separate attention to the comick and the serious part of these motley scenes ; at least they were persuaded that the solemnity of the subject covered or excused all ...
... writers nor the spectators saw the impropriety , nor paid a separate attention to the comick and the serious part of these motley scenes ; at least they were persuaded that the solemnity of the subject covered or excused all ...
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