The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: pt. 2. Historical account of the English stage. Emendations and additions. Tempest. Two gentlemen of VeronaH. Baldwin, 1790 |
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... never . " The elegant writer , whofe words I have juft quoted , has given the following ingenious account of the origin of this rude fpecies of dramatick entertainment : " About the eighth century trade was principally carried on by ...
... never . " The elegant writer , whofe words I have juft quoted , has given the following ingenious account of the origin of this rude fpecies of dramatick entertainment : " About the eighth century trade was principally carried on by ...
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... never harde tell of before this . " The Weft - Indies were difcovered by Columbus in 1492. " Ibid . 2 The licence granted in 1603 to Shakspeare and his fellow - come- dians , authorifes them to play comedies , tragedies , hiftories ...
... never harde tell of before this . " The Weft - Indies were difcovered by Columbus in 1492. " Ibid . 2 The licence granted in 1603 to Shakspeare and his fellow - come- dians , authorifes them to play comedies , tragedies , hiftories ...
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... never were , as Cupid and Pfycbe , plaid at Paules ; [ he means , in Paul's school , ] — or if a true biftorie be taken in hand , it is made like our fhavelings , longeft at the rifing and falling of the funne . " From the fame writer ...
... never were , as Cupid and Pfycbe , plaid at Paules ; [ he means , in Paul's school , ] — or if a true biftorie be taken in hand , it is made like our fhavelings , longeft at the rifing and falling of the funne . " From the fame writer ...
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... never derived any emolument from that grant , for Sir John Aftley , as I find from the probate of his will , in the Prerogative office , ( in which it is obfervable that he calls himself Mafter of the Revels , though both the duties and ...
... never derived any emolument from that grant , for Sir John Aftley , as I find from the probate of his will , in the Prerogative office , ( in which it is obfervable that he calls himself Mafter of the Revels , though both the duties and ...
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... the Stationers ' books A doleful ballad of the general conflagration of the famous theatre on the Bankfide , called the Globe . I have never met with it . the the following year , and decorated with more ornament than 54 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT.
... the Stationers ' books A doleful ballad of the general conflagration of the famous theatre on the Bankfide , called the Globe . I have never met with it . the the following year , and decorated with more ornament than 54 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT.
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