The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 2J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... , harum - scarum Vortigern , which was damned at Drury Lane theatre , April - -1796 - the performance of a madman without a lucid interval . To whom then shall we ascribe it ? -Somebody hath LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . 31.
... , harum - scarum Vortigern , which was damned at Drury Lane theatre , April - -1796 - the performance of a madman without a lucid interval . To whom then shall we ascribe it ? -Somebody hath LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . 31.
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... theatre , like an oister - wife , Hamlet revenge . " Thus you see Mr. Holt's supposed proof , in the Appendix to the late edition , that Hamlet was written after 1597 , or per- haps 1602 , will by no means hold good ; whatever To this ...
... theatre , like an oister - wife , Hamlet revenge . " Thus you see Mr. Holt's supposed proof , in the Appendix to the late edition , that Hamlet was written after 1597 , or per- haps 1602 , will by no means hold good ; whatever To this ...
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... theatre except his salary , was uninterested in that retention of copies , which was the chief concern of our ancient mana- gers . We may suppose too that there was nothing criminal in his proceeding ; as some of the persons whose names ...
... theatre except his salary , was uninterested in that retention of copies , which was the chief concern of our ancient mana- gers . We may suppose too that there was nothing criminal in his proceeding ; as some of the persons whose names ...
Page 136
... theatres in the time of Shakspeare , to cause some bookseller to make immediate entries of their new pieces , as a secu- rity against the encroachments of their rivals , who always considered themselves as justified in the exhibition of ...
... theatres in the time of Shakspeare , to cause some bookseller to make immediate entries of their new pieces , as a secu- rity against the encroachments of their rivals , who always considered themselves as justified in the exhibition of ...
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... theatres were prepared to assert a pri- ority of title to any copies of dramatick perform- ances ; and thus were they assisted by our ancient stationers , who strengthened every claim of literary property , by entries secured in a ...
... theatres were prepared to assert a pri- ority of title to any copies of dramatick perform- ances ; and thus were they assisted by our ancient stationers , who strengthened every claim of literary property , by entries secured in a ...
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