The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 20Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1802 |
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... present play , called prince of Tyre ; in the Gesta Romanorum , and Copla d's prose romance , he is entitled king . Most of the in- cidents of the play are found in the Conf . Amant . and a few of Gower's expreffions are occafionally ...
... present play , called prince of Tyre ; in the Gesta Romanorum , and Copla d's prose romance , he is entitled king . Most of the in- cidents of the play are found in the Conf . Amant . and a few of Gower's expreffions are occafionally ...
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... present story , as it appears in Belle - forest's collection , ( Vol . VII . p . 113 , & seq . ) has yet a further claim to our notice , as it had the honour ( p . 148-9 ) of furnishing Dryden with the out- line of his Alexander's Feast ...
... present story , as it appears in Belle - forest's collection , ( Vol . VII . p . 113 , & seq . ) has yet a further claim to our notice , as it had the honour ( p . 148-9 ) of furnishing Dryden with the out- line of his Alexander's Feast ...
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... present inftance , was defrauded of a like distinction . The names invented or employed by Sidney , had once fuch popu- Jarity , that they were fometimes borrowed by poets who did not profess to follow the direct current of his fables ...
... present inftance , was defrauded of a like distinction . The names invented or employed by Sidney , had once fuch popu- Jarity , that they were fometimes borrowed by poets who did not profess to follow the direct current of his fables ...
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... present form to all purposes of the stage , and of no very promifing life in the closet . The purpose is to make men glorious , Et bonum quo antiquius co melius . As I suppose these lines with their context , to have originally stood as ...
... present form to all purposes of the stage , and of no very promifing life in the closet . The purpose is to make men glorious , Et bonum quo antiquius co melius . As I suppose these lines with their context , to have originally stood as ...
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... present imitator of antiquated rhyme appears to have confifted . Again , old copy : " This Antioch then , Antiochus the great " Built up ; this city , for his chiefest seat . " I suppose the original lines were these , and as such have ...
... present imitator of antiquated rhyme appears to have confifted . Again , old copy : " This Antioch then , Antiochus the great " Built up ; this city , for his chiefest seat . " I suppose the original lines were these , and as such have ...
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