The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens..H. Baldwin, 1793 - English drama |
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Page 370
... Oldcastle . An ingenious correfpondent hints to me , that the paffage above quoted from our author , proves what Mr. Rowe tells us was a tradition . Old lad of the caftle feems to have a reference to Oldcastle . Befides , if this had ...
... Oldcastle . An ingenious correfpondent hints to me , that the paffage above quoted from our author , proves what Mr. Rowe tells us was a tradition . Old lad of the caftle feems to have a reference to Oldcastle . Befides , if this had ...
Page 371
... Oldcastle , whom they have fancied a boon companion , a jovial royfter , and a coward to boot . The best is , fir John Falstaff hath relieved the memory of fir John Oldcastle , and of late is fubftituted buffoon in his place . " Book IV ...
... Oldcastle , whom they have fancied a boon companion , a jovial royfter , and a coward to boot . The best is , fir John Falstaff hath relieved the memory of fir John Oldcastle , and of late is fubftituted buffoon in his place . " Book IV ...
Page 372
... Oldcastle , " Did tell you truly what this honour was ? " FARMER . Fuller , befides the words cited in the note , has in his Worthies , p . 253 , the following paffage : " Sir John Oldcastle was first made a thrafonical puff , an emblem ...
... Oldcastle , " Did tell you truly what this honour was ? " FARMER . Fuller , befides the words cited in the note , has in his Worthies , p . 253 , the following paffage : " Sir John Oldcastle was first made a thrafonical puff , an emblem ...
Page 373
... Oldcastle exhibited in a play of the fame name , which was printed in 1600 : " The author of The Three Converfions hath made Oldcastle a ruffian , a robber , and a rebel , and his authority taken from the ftage players . " Oldcastle is ...
... Oldcastle exhibited in a play of the fame name , which was printed in 1600 : " The author of The Three Converfions hath made Oldcastle a ruffian , a robber , and a rebel , and his authority taken from the ftage players . " Oldcastle is ...
Page 374
... Oldcastle was ex- hibited , to have been ; nor does he complain of Shakspeare's altering the name of his character from Oldcastle to Falstaff , but of the metathefis of Faftolfe to Falstaff . Yet I have no doubt that the words above ...
... Oldcastle was ex- hibited , to have been ; nor does he complain of Shakspeare's altering the name of his character from Oldcastle to Falstaff , but of the metathefis of Faftolfe to Falstaff . Yet I have no doubt that the words above ...
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