Shakspere's England; Or, a Sketches of Our Social History in the Reign of Elizabeth: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856 - 424 pages |
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... Troilus in hose and doublet , and Cressida ( a plump boy of fourteen ) in fardingale and scarf . A man in a black velvet cloak , heralded by a trumpet , has before this entered as Prologue . Such is Shakspere's stage . On the boards at ...
... Troilus in hose and doublet , and Cressida ( a plump boy of fourteen ) in fardingale and scarf . A man in a black velvet cloak , heralded by a trumpet , has before this entered as Prologue . Such is Shakspere's stage . On the boards at ...
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... Troilus and Cressida , Act i . Sc . 3 . In the Tempest he speaks of a pageant melting into air , the actors being spirits and the scene a vision . In Mid- summer Night's Dream , he speaks still more contemp- tuously of his own ...
... Troilus and Cressida , Act i . Sc . 3 . In the Tempest he speaks of a pageant melting into air , the actors being spirits and the scene a vision . In Mid- summer Night's Dream , he speaks still more contemp- tuously of his own ...
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... Troilus and Cressida . Shakspere's giant mind saw at once the limited capa- bilities of the stage he trod on . In the Tempest he presents us with scenes as unpresentable as in his Mid- summer Night's Dream , and attempts the ...
... Troilus and Cressida . Shakspere's giant mind saw at once the limited capa- bilities of the stage he trod on . In the Tempest he presents us with scenes as unpresentable as in his Mid- summer Night's Dream , and attempts the ...
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... Troilus and Cressida , from Chaucer and Lydgate . The Roman plays , from North's Plutarch . All's Well that Ends Well , and hints for Timon and Romeo and Juliet , from Painter's Palace of Pleasure . As You Like It , from Lodge's novel ...
... Troilus and Cressida , from Chaucer and Lydgate . The Roman plays , from North's Plutarch . All's Well that Ends Well , and hints for Timon and Romeo and Juliet , from Painter's Palace of Pleasure . As You Like It , from Lodge's novel ...
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