The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 1AMS Press, 1966 - Theater |
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Page 66
... comedy . But , after all , it cannot be dissembled , that , if they had not the name , they had the thing , or something very nearly approaching to it . If that be tragi - comedy , which is partly seri- ous and partly comical , I do not ...
... comedy . But , after all , it cannot be dissembled , that , if they had not the name , they had the thing , or something very nearly approaching to it . If that be tragi - comedy , which is partly seri- ous and partly comical , I do not ...
Page 71
... comedy he seems to repose , or to luxuriate , as in a mode of thinking congenial to his nature . In his tragick scenes there is always something wanting , but his comedy often surpasses expectation or desire . His comedy pleases by the ...
... comedy he seems to repose , or to luxuriate , as in a mode of thinking congenial to his nature . In his tragick scenes there is always something wanting , but his comedy often surpasses expectation or desire . His comedy pleases by the ...
Page 383
... comedy of Tyrens callyd Andrea . Supposed to be printed by J. Rastell * . * As the following metrical introduction ... comedy have translate . " When all discrete men now do besech " And specyally lernyd men to take no dysdayn ...
... comedy of Tyrens callyd Andrea . Supposed to be printed by J. Rastell * . * As the following metrical introduction ... comedy have translate . " When all discrete men now do besech " And specyally lernyd men to take no dysdayn ...
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