The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 3Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1799 |
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... probably , were written before our author commenced play- wright . Cleopatra Edward I. Battle of Alcazar Wounds of Civil War Selymus , Emperor of the Turks Cornelia Mother Bombie The Cobler's Prophecy The Wars of Cyrus King Leir Taming ...
... probably , were written before our author commenced play- wright . Cleopatra Edward I. Battle of Alcazar Wounds of Civil War Selymus , Emperor of the Turks Cornelia Mother Bombie The Cobler's Prophecy The Wars of Cyrus King Leir Taming ...
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... probably by his scholars , in the abbey of Dun- ftable ; perhaps the first spectacle of this kind ex- hibited in England . William Fitz - Stephen , a monk of Canterbury , who according to the best accounts compofed his very curious work ...
... probably by his scholars , in the abbey of Dun- ftable ; perhaps the first spectacle of this kind ex- hibited in England . William Fitz - Stephen , a monk of Canterbury , who according to the best accounts compofed his very curious work ...
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... the most ridiculous kind , fullied with impurities , and expreffed in the language of the lowest farce . " " On the whole , the Mysteries appear to have 7 originated among the ecclefiafticks ; and were moft probably OE THE ENGLISH STAGE .
... the most ridiculous kind , fullied with impurities , and expreffed in the language of the lowest farce . " " On the whole , the Mysteries appear to have 7 originated among the ecclefiafticks ; and were moft probably OE THE ENGLISH STAGE .
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William Shakespeare. 7 originated among the ecclefiafticks ; and were moft probably first acted with any degree of form by the monks . This was certainly the cafe in the English monafteries . I have already mentioned the play of Saint ...
William Shakespeare. 7 originated among the ecclefiafticks ; and were moft probably first acted with any degree of form by the monks . This was certainly the cafe in the English monafteries . I have already mentioned the play of Saint ...
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... probably coeval with the earliest attempts at dramatick reprefenta- tions . In the year 1378. the scholars , or choris- ters of Saint Paul's cathedral , prefented a petition to King Richard the Second , praying his Majefty to prohibit ...
... probably coeval with the earliest attempts at dramatick reprefenta- tions . In the year 1378. the scholars , or choris- ters of Saint Paul's cathedral , prefented a petition to King Richard the Second , praying his Majefty to prohibit ...
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