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Those which are called Histories , and even some of his Comedies , are really Tragedies with a run or mixture of Comedy amongst them . That way of Trage - Comedy was the common mistake of that age , and is indeed become so agreeable to ...
Those which are called Histories , and even some of his Comedies , are really Tragedies with a run or mixture of Comedy amongst them . That way of Trage - Comedy was the common mistake of that age , and is indeed become so agreeable to ...
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As Sophocles was called a Bee for the sweetness of his tongue : so in Charles Fitz - Jefferies Drake Drayton is termed " golden - mouth'd " for the purity and preciousness of his style and phrase . As Accius , M. Atilius , and Milithus ...
As Sophocles was called a Bee for the sweetness of his tongue : so in Charles Fitz - Jefferies Drake Drayton is termed " golden - mouth'd " for the purity and preciousness of his style and phrase . As Accius , M. Atilius , and Milithus ...
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... strong iron pikes ; and the said stage to be in all other proportions contrived and fashioned like unto the stage of the said play - house called the Globe ; with convenient windows and lights glazed to the said tireing - house .
... strong iron pikes ; and the said stage to be in all other proportions contrived and fashioned like unto the stage of the said play - house called the Globe ; with convenient windows and lights glazed to the said tireing - house .
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Contents
EARLY BIOGRAPHY AND ANECDOTE | 1 |
CRITICISM AND REPUTATION AMONG | 49 |
SOCIAL STANDING AND PERSONAL REP | 94 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Materials for the Life of Shakespeare |
| Editor | Pierce Butler |
| Compiled by | Pierce Butler |
| Publisher | University of North Carolina Press, 1930 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 200 pages |
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