A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest: with Numerous Specimens, Volume 2Griffin, Bohn, 1861 - English language |
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... called , that is , whatever of our literature by right of its poetic shape or spirit is to be held as peculiarly belonging to the language and the country , had its noonday in the period comprehending the last quarter of the sixteenth ...
... called , that is , whatever of our literature by right of its poetic shape or spirit is to be held as peculiarly belonging to the language and the country , had its noonday in the period comprehending the last quarter of the sixteenth ...
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... called the King's Company ( the same that Shakespeare had belonged to ) , which acted at the Globe , on the Bankside in Southwark , in the summer , and at the Blackfriars Theatre in winter . 2. The Queen's Players , who occupied the ...
... called the King's Company ( the same that Shakespeare had belonged to ) , which acted at the Globe , on the Bankside in Southwark , in the summer , and at the Blackfriars Theatre in winter . 2. The Queen's Players , who occupied the ...
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... called mean where every one is best ) cost them more than four times the price you pay for the whole volume . " The missing comedy of The Wild Goose Chase had been lost , he tells us in another passage , by being borrowed from the ...
... called mean where every one is best ) cost them more than four times the price you pay for the whole volume . " The missing comedy of The Wild Goose Chase had been lost , he tells us in another passage , by being borrowed from the ...
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... , of The Siege of Rhodes , in 1656 , is to be looked upon as the first step towards the revival of dramatic performances . " persons of influence . At first he called his representations 6 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE .
... , of The Siege of Rhodes , in 1656 , is to be looked upon as the first step towards the revival of dramatic performances . " persons of influence . At first he called his representations 6 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE .
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George Lillie Craik. persons of influence . At first he called his representations operas ; but at length growing bolder , it is affirmed , he wrote and caused to be acted several regular plays . * GILES FLETCHER ; PHINEAS FLETCHER . Nor ...
George Lillie Craik. persons of influence . At first he called his representations operas ; but at length growing bolder , it is affirmed , he wrote and caused to be acted several regular plays . * GILES FLETCHER ; PHINEAS FLETCHER . Nor ...
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