The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 15J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... Plays , Vol . II . Dr. Farmer , in a note on the epilogue , obferves , from Stowe , that " Robert Greene had written fomething on this ftory ; " but this , I apprehend , was not a play , but fome hiftorical account of Henry's reign ...
... Plays , Vol . II . Dr. Farmer , in a note on the epilogue , obferves , from Stowe , that " Robert Greene had written fomething on this ftory ; " but this , I apprehend , was not a play , but fome hiftorical account of Henry's reign ...
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... play may pafs ; if they be ftill , and willing , I'll undertake , may fee away their fhilling Richly in two short hours . Only they , That come to hear a merry , bawdy play , A noife of targets ; or to see a fellow In a long motley coat ...
... play may pafs ; if they be ftill , and willing , I'll undertake , may fee away their fhilling Richly in two short hours . Only they , That come to hear a merry , bawdy play , A noife of targets ; or to see a fellow In a long motley coat ...
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... play of Henry the VIIIth . is the very play mentioned by Sir H. Wotton , [ in his Letter of 2 July , 1613 , Reliq . Wotton , p . 425 , ] under the defcription of " a new play , [ acted by the king's players at the Bank's Side ] called ...
... play of Henry the VIIIth . is the very play mentioned by Sir H. Wotton , [ in his Letter of 2 July , 1613 , Reliq . Wotton , p . 425 , ] under the defcription of " a new play , [ acted by the king's players at the Bank's Side ] called ...
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... play . " Ben Jonfon , in his Execration upon Vulcan , fays , they were two poor chambers . [ See the stage - direction in this play , a little before the King's entrance : " Drum and trumpet , chambers dif- charged . " ] The Continuator ...
... play . " Ben Jonfon , in his Execration upon Vulcan , fays , they were two poor chambers . [ See the stage - direction in this play , a little before the King's entrance : " Drum and trumpet , chambers dif- charged . " ] The Continuator ...
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... play at this time is only in " The merciful conftruction of good women . " In order to preserve the rhyme , the accent must be laid on the laft fyllable of the words women and ftory . A rhyme of the fame kind occurs in The Knight of the ...
... play at this time is only in " The merciful conftruction of good women . " In order to preserve the rhyme , the accent must be laid on the laft fyllable of the words women and ftory . A rhyme of the fame kind occurs in The Knight of the ...
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