Yale Studies in English, Volumes 46-471913 |
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... must base his conjectures respecting the life of his subject on the half dozen surviving references , usually to personal circumstances of more interest to the subject him- self than to anybody else . Richard Brome , 1 though no ...
... must base his conjectures respecting the life of his subject on the half dozen surviving references , usually to personal circumstances of more interest to the subject him- self than to anybody else . Richard Brome , 1 though no ...
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... must have been born late in the six- teenth century . Besides this , the statements that he is ' full of age and care ' in 1640,2 and that the Jovial Crews ( 1641 ) is the issue of his old age , put 1590 as certainly the latest date ...
... must have been born late in the six- teenth century . Besides this , the statements that he is ' full of age and care ' in 1640,2 and that the Jovial Crews ( 1641 ) is the issue of his old age , put 1590 as certainly the latest date ...
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... must have been connected with two companies at the same time , for in 1634 he was writing for the King's Men , who were playing at the Globe and Blackfriars ( see Chronology ) . There is no other evidence that he was connected with the ...
... must have been connected with two companies at the same time , for in 1634 he was writing for the King's Men , who were playing at the Globe and Blackfriars ( see Chronology ) . There is no other evidence that he was connected with the ...
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... must have been very successful . Among them are , if our chronology is correct , Queen and Concubine , Sparagus Garden , Mad Couple well Matched , English Moor , and Damoiselle . As the lost play , Wit in a Madness , was entered in the ...
... must have been very successful . Among them are , if our chronology is correct , Queen and Concubine , Sparagus Garden , Mad Couple well Matched , English Moor , and Damoiselle . As the lost play , Wit in a Madness , was entered in the ...
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... must have found other means of 3 1 See Dedication and Prefatory Verses . 2 A break in the pagination and an added note show that Brome's verses were to be placed last , as the volume was originally planned . See Grolier Club Catalogue ...
... must have found other means of 3 1 See Dedication and Prefatory Verses . 2 A break in the pagination and an added note show that Brome's verses were to be placed last , as the volume was originally planned . See Grolier Club Catalogue ...
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Page 175 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth : but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Page 128 - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Page 113 - ... twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of the which one must, in your allowance, o'erweigh a whole theatre of others.
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Page 109 - Servants, with great Applause: Written by the memorable worthies of their time, Mr. John Fletcher and Mr. William Shakespeare, Gent.