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But tho ' the order of time in which the several pieces were written be generally uncertain , yet there are passages in some few of them which seem to fix their dates . So the chorus in the beginning of the fifth act of Henry Fifth ...
But tho ' the order of time in which the several pieces were written be generally uncertain , yet there are passages in some few of them which seem to fix their dates . So the chorus in the beginning of the fifth act of Henry Fifth ...
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James , in the latter end of his Henry VIII , is a proof of that play's being written after the accession of the latter of those two princes to the crown of England . Whatever the particular times of his writings were , the people of ...
James , in the latter end of his Henry VIII , is a proof of that play's being written after the accession of the latter of those two princes to the crown of England . Whatever the particular times of his writings were , the people of ...
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Then Fielding's lines were not written . What then ? —It is an anachronism for some sly rogue to detect . Besides , it is easy to swear they were written , and that Fielding adopted them from tradition.1 So Scott has his wholesome laugh ...
Then Fielding's lines were not written . What then ? —It is an anachronism for some sly rogue to detect . Besides , it is easy to swear they were written , and that Fielding adopted them from tradition.1 So Scott has his wholesome laugh ...
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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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