| Colley Cibber - Actors - 1750 - 594 pages
...fpeaking of the Gray-Friars, or Fiancifcans, at Coventry, fays, Before the SupprefTion of the Monafteries, this City was very famous for the Pageants that were play'd therein upon Corpus-Chrifti Day ; which Pageants being acted with mighty State and Reverence by the Friars of this... | |
| sir William Dugdale - 1765 - 90 pages
...himfelf a Monk, and the Reaion may eafily be dilcerned. Before the Suppreiiion of the Moñafteries, this City was very famous for the Pageants that were play'd therein, upon Corpus-C/jri/ti-DiLy ; which occaiîorting very great Confluence of People thither from far and near,... | |
| English drama - 1780 - 438 pages
...playd the devyll at Coventry.] " Before the fuppreflion of " the menafteries, this city (ie COVENTRY) was very famous for the " pageants that were play'd therein upon Corpus Chrifti day (this is one ' of their ancient faires), which occafioning very great confluence o£ '... | |
| Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 618 pages
...playd the devyll at Coventry. — " Before the suppression of the monasteries, this city (t. Coventry) was very famous for the pageants that were play'd therein upon Corpus Ckrisli day, (this u one of their ancient faire»,) which occasioning very great confluence of people... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1826 - 370 pages
...Dugdale, Esq. the present member for the county.* " Before y" suppression of the Monasteries, this Cittye was very famous for the pageants that were play'd therein upon Corpus Christi day. These pageants were acted w^ mighty state and reverence by the fryers of this House, and conteyned... | |
| William Hone - Dance - 1823 - 330 pages
...agreeably, enlarged the proposed pamphlet to the present volume. Concerning the Cocentry Mysteries, Dugdale relates, in his History of Warwickshire, published...this city was very famous for the pageants that were pla/d therein, upon Corpus Christi Day (one of their ancient faires) which occasioning very great confluence... | |
| William Hone - Bible plays, English - 1823 - 342 pages
...agreeably, eularged the proposed pamphlet to the present volume. -Concerning the Coventry Mysteries, Dugdale relates, in his History of Warwickshire, published...suppression of the monasteries this city was very famons for the pageants that were play'd therein, upon Corpus -Christi Day (one of their ancient faires)... | |
| William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...there, on Good Friday, at night, and that thousands were present. Concerning the Coventry mysteries, ( / played therein, upon Corpus Christi day (one of their ancient faires,) which occasioning very great... | |
| Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed - English drama - 1825 - 496 pages
...antiquities of Warwickshire, p. 116, speaking of the Gray-friars, or Franciscans, at Coventry, says, Before the suppression of the monasteries, this city...famous for the pageants that were play'd therein upon Corpus-christi day ; which pageants being acted with mighty state and reverence by the friers of this... | |
| William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...there, on Good Friday, at night, and that thousands were present. Concerning the Coventry mysteries, 3 3 played therein, upon Corpus Christi day (one of their ancient faires,) which occasioning very great... | |
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