The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 1C. and A. Conrad & Company, 1809 |
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... player of that time , * but whose name I have not been able to learn . 66 Sept. 11 , 1792 . " I am , sir , with great regard , " Your most obed . servant , " J. WILSON . " August 11 , 1794 , Mr. Wilson assured Mr. Steevens , that this ...
... player of that time , * but whose name I have not been able to learn . 66 Sept. 11 , 1792 . " I am , sir , with great regard , " Your most obed . servant , " J. WILSON . " August 11 , 1794 , Mr. Wilson assured Mr. Steevens , that this ...
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... players might have been arranged : -that the Boar's Head , the scene of Falstaff's jollity , might also have been the favourite tavern of Shakspeare : -that , when our au- thor returned over London bridge from the Globe theatre , this ...
... players might have been arranged : -that the Boar's Head , the scene of Falstaff's jollity , might also have been the favourite tavern of Shakspeare : -that , when our au- thor returned over London bridge from the Globe theatre , this ...
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... player was scarcely then allowed to be reputable . This remark , however , ought not to stand unsupported by a ... Players , I loue yee and your qualitie , " As ye are men that pass time not abus'd : " And some I loue for painting ...
... player was scarcely then allowed to be reputable . This remark , however , ought not to stand unsupported by a ... Players , I loue yee and your qualitie , " As ye are men that pass time not abus'd : " And some I loue for painting ...
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... players , before some old plays , but without any particular account of what sort of parts he used to play ; and though I have enquired , I could never meet with any further account of him this way , than that the top of his performance ...
... players , before some old plays , but without any particular account of what sort of parts he used to play ; and though I have enquired , I could never meet with any further account of him this way , than that the top of his performance ...
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... players , in order to have it acted ; and the per- sons into whose hands it was put , after having turned it care- lessly and superciliously over , were just upon returning it to him with an ill - natured answer , that it would be of no ...
... players , in order to have it acted ; and the per- sons into whose hands it was put , after having turned it care- lessly and superciliously over , were just upon returning it to him with an ill - natured answer , that it would be of no ...
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