The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volumes 12-13J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... , George Steevens, Samuel Johnson Isaac Reed. AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE ENGLISH STAGE , AND OF THE ECONOMY AND USAGES OF OUR ANCIENT THEATRES . VOL . IN , B AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . THE drama.
... , George Steevens, Samuel Johnson Isaac Reed. AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE ENGLISH STAGE , AND OF THE ECONOMY AND USAGES OF OUR ANCIENT THEATRES . VOL . IN , B AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . THE drama.
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... ancient dramatick exhibitions , though I fear I can add but little to the researches which have already been made on that subject . Mr. Warton in his elegant and ingenious History of English Poetry has given so accurate an account of ...
... ancient dramatick exhibitions , though I fear I can add but little to the researches which have already been made on that subject . Mr. Warton in his elegant and ingenious History of English Poetry has given so accurate an account of ...
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... ancient in Europe , has claimed for his country an honour to which it is not en- titled . The era of the earliest representation in Italy , founded on holy writ , he has placed in the year 1264 , when the fraternity del Gonfalone was ...
... ancient in Europe , has claimed for his country an honour to which it is not en- titled . The era of the earliest representation in Italy , founded on holy writ , he has placed in the year 1264 , when the fraternity del Gonfalone was ...
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... ancient Greek fathers , particularly Saint Chrysostom , are full of declamation against the drama ; and complain , that the people heard a comedian with much more pleasure than a preacher of the gospel . " Warton's History of English ...
... ancient Greek fathers , particularly Saint Chrysostom , are full of declamation against the drama ; and complain , that the people heard a comedian with much more pleasure than a preacher of the gospel . " Warton's History of English ...
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... ancient Greek tragedy . was a religious spectacle , a transition was made on the same plan ; and the chorusses were turned into Christian hymns . Gregory wrote many sacred dramas for this purpose , which have not survived those ...
... ancient Greek tragedy . was a religious spectacle , a transition was made on the same plan ; and the chorusses were turned into Christian hymns . Gregory wrote many sacred dramas for this purpose , which have not survived those ...
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