The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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Page xxxix
... scene in it exactly corresponding with Shak- speare's drama * . Let us come to another charge : " Ben , however , did not trust to the praises of others . One of his admirers honestly confesses ' He Of whom I write this , has prevented ...
... scene in it exactly corresponding with Shak- speare's drama * . Let us come to another charge : " Ben , however , did not trust to the praises of others . One of his admirers honestly confesses ' He Of whom I write this , has prevented ...
Page xliii
... scene of degradation : and so , indeed , in many other places . The term continued in use down to the last century , for Dennis says , in one of his letters , that he went to see the Siege of Namur , a droll , at Bartholomew Fair ...
... scene of degradation : and so , indeed , in many other places . The term continued in use down to the last century , for Dennis says , in one of his letters , that he went to see the Siege of Namur , a droll , at Bartholomew Fair ...
Page xlvi
... scenes were more according to truth and nature than those which a puppet - show would furnish . One charge more I must advert to , and I have done . Mr. Malone , after producing the well known passage from the Return to Parnassus ...
... scenes were more according to truth and nature than those which a puppet - show would furnish . One charge more I must advert to , and I have done . Mr. Malone , after producing the well known passage from the Return to Parnassus ...
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... scenes of life which are usually the subject of his thoughts : so that he seems to have known the world by intuition ... scene among tradesmen and mechanicks : and even their historical plays strictly follow the common old stories or ...
... scenes of life which are usually the subject of his thoughts : so that he seems to have known the world by intuition ... scene among tradesmen and mechanicks : and even their historical plays strictly follow the common old stories or ...
Page 12
... scenes of mobs , plebeians , and clowns , are vastly shorter than at present : and I have seen one in particular ( which seems to have belonged to the play - house , by having the parts divided with lines , and the actor's names in the ...
... scenes of mobs , plebeians , and clowns , are vastly shorter than at present : and I have seen one in particular ( which seems to have belonged to the play - house , by having the parts divided with lines , and the actor's names in the ...
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