The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Volume 4F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... romance , " says she , was translated from the Spanish , in Shakspeare's time . " I have seen no earlier translation than that of Bartholomew Yong , who dates his dedication in November , 1598 ; and Meres , in his Wit's Treasury ...
... romance , " says she , was translated from the Spanish , in Shakspeare's time . " I have seen no earlier translation than that of Bartholomew Yong , who dates his dedication in November , 1598 ; and Meres , in his Wit's Treasury ...
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... romance , Imprinted at London , in Foster - lane , at the sygne of the Harteshorne , by John Walley , " bl . 1. no date . STEEVENS .. 7 Should CENSURE thus- ] To censure , in our author's time , JUL . Why not on Proteus , as of all C. 2 ...
... romance , Imprinted at London , in Foster - lane , at the sygne of the Harteshorne , by John Walley , " bl . 1. no date . STEEVENS .. 7 Should CENSURE thus- ] To censure , in our author's time , JUL . Why not on Proteus , as of all C. 2 ...
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... Romance of The Sowdon of Baby- loyne , & c . 66 It was done as the kinge cōmaunde " His soule was fet to helle " To daunse in that sory lande " With develes that wer ful felle . " STEEVENS . Thus , Macbeth looking on his bloody hands ...
... Romance of The Sowdon of Baby- loyne , & c . 66 It was done as the kinge cōmaunde " His soule was fet to helle " To daunse in that sory lande " With develes that wer ful felle . " STEEVENS . Thus , Macbeth looking on his bloody hands ...
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... romance . STEEVENS . I suspect that there is an error in the title of this play , which I believe , should be- " Love's Labours Lost . " M. MASON . Love's Labour's Lost , I conjecture to have been written in 1594 . See An Attempt to ...
... romance . STEEVENS . I suspect that there is an error in the title of this play , which I believe , should be- " Love's Labours Lost . " M. MASON . Love's Labour's Lost , I conjecture to have been written in 1594 . See An Attempt to ...
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... romances , and in their very style . Why he says from tawny Spain is , be- cause those romances , being of Spanish original , the heroes and the scene were generally of that country . Why he says , lost in the world's debate is ...
... romances , and in their very style . Why he says from tawny Spain is , be- cause those romances , being of Spanish original , the heroes and the scene were generally of that country . Why he says , lost in the world's debate is ...
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