A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest: With Numerous Specimens, Volume 2Charles Griffin & Company, 1871 - English language |
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... plays of Beaumont and Fletcher , which , as already mentioned , appeared in 1647. Now , reader , " he says , " in this tragical age , where the theatre hath been so much out - acted , congratulate thy own happiness that , in this ...
... plays of Beaumont and Fletcher , which , as already mentioned , appeared in 1647. Now , reader , " he says , " in this tragical age , where the theatre hath been so much out - acted , congratulate thy own happiness that , in this ...
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... plays , interludes , shows , and spectacles " ; and the prohibition was not removed till the end of February in the following year . In the mean time , it appears , the craving of the public for their customary enjoyment , in one shape ...
... plays , interludes , shows , and spectacles " ; and the prohibition was not removed till the end of February in the following year . In the mean time , it appears , the craving of the public for their customary enjoyment , in one shape ...
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... plays in 1647 , after observing in his prefatory address that his charges in bringing out the volume had been very great , seeing that the owners of the manuscripts too well knew their value to make a cheap estimate of any of them ...
... plays in 1647 , after observing in his prefatory address that his charges in bringing out the volume had been very great , seeing that the owners of the manuscripts too well knew their value to make a cheap estimate of any of them ...
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... plays were acted , and to seize the players and commit them for trial at the next sessions , " there to be punished as rogues , according to law . " On the 22d of January following , however , the House of Commons was informed that many ...
... plays were acted , and to seize the players and commit them for trial at the next sessions , " there to be punished as rogues , according to law . " On the 22d of January following , however , the House of Commons was informed that many ...
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... plays in London was effectually put down by the act of 1648 , yet the players " still kept together , and , by connivance of the commanding officer at Whitehall , sometimes represented privately a few plays at a short distance from town ...
... plays in London was effectually put down by the act of 1648 , yet the players " still kept together , and , by connivance of the commanding officer at Whitehall , sometimes represented privately a few plays at a short distance from town ...
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