The Dramatic Works With Notes Critical, Volume 1John Murray, 1827 |
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Page xv
... present state , was performed in 1624 ; but not printed till 1658 , when the long persecution of the stage ( fortunately for the lovers of the old drama ) compelled the actors to have recourse to the press with such of the prompter's ...
... present state , was performed in 1624 ; but not printed till 1658 , when the long persecution of the stage ( fortunately for the lovers of the old drama ) compelled the actors to have recourse to the press with such of the prompter's ...
Page xvi
... present Masque , and that Decker was the author of it . If it be so , the incongruous nature of the fable is easily ac- counted for , by the additions which other poets , and above all our author , were called upon to supply , as ...
... present Masque , and that Decker was the author of it . If it be so , the incongruous nature of the fable is easily ac- counted for , by the additions which other poets , and above all our author , were called upon to supply , as ...
Page xvii
... company in 1597 ; this was not too early for Decker , and may have been the foundation of the present work , with a more popular name : -for Edmonton had already given a " Devil to the delighted stage ; " and INTRODUCTION . xvii.
... company in 1597 ; this was not too early for Decker , and may have been the foundation of the present work , with a more popular name : -for Edmonton had already given a " Devil to the delighted stage ; " and INTRODUCTION . xvii.
Page xxii
... present play has neither prologue nor epilogue ; but in the dedication to the Earl of Peterborough , who had openly manifested his satisfaction with the piece on its first appearance , ( when the actors exerted themselves with such ...
... present play has neither prologue nor epilogue ; but in the dedication to the Earl of Peterborough , who had openly manifested his satisfaction with the piece on its first appearance , ( when the actors exerted themselves with such ...
Page xxiii
... present , * which bears besides tokens of a mind habituated to deep and solemn musings , and formed by long and severe practice to a style of composition at once ardent and impressive . The groundwork of this dreadful plot is loosely ...
... present , * which bears besides tokens of a mind habituated to deep and solemn musings , and formed by long and severe practice to a style of composition at once ardent and impressive . The groundwork of this dreadful plot is loosely ...
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