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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... writer , the titles are fcarcely known , except to antiquaries ; nor is there one of them that will bear a fecond perufal . Yet thefe , contemptible and few as they are , we may fuppofe to have been the moft popular productions of the ...
... writer , the titles are fcarcely known , except to antiquaries ; nor is there one of them that will bear a fecond perufal . Yet thefe , contemptible and few as they are , we may fuppofe to have been the moft popular productions of the ...
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... writer with great probability supposes it to have been compofed in 1174 , the author in one paffage mentioning that the church of Saint Paul's was formerly metropolitical , and that it was thought it would become fo again , " fhould the ...
... writer with great probability supposes it to have been compofed in 1174 , the author in one paffage mentioning that the church of Saint Paul's was formerly metropolitical , and that it was thought it would become fo again , " fhould the ...
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... 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 means of fairs , which ...
... 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 means of fairs , which ...
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... writer now living , who has investi- gated the history of human manners with great com- prehenfion and fagacity . " " Voltaire's theory on this fubject is also very inge- nious , and quite new . Religious plays , he fuppofes , came ...
... writer now living , who has investi- gated the history of human manners with great com- prehenfion and fagacity . " " Voltaire's theory on this fubject is also very inge- nious , and quite new . Religious plays , he fuppofes , came ...
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... writers nor the fpectators faw the impropriety , nor paid a separate attention to the comick and the ferious part of these motley fcenes ; at least they were perfuaded that the folemnity of the fubject covered or excufed all incongrui ...
... writers nor the fpectators faw the impropriety , nor paid a separate attention to the comick and the ferious part of these motley fcenes ; at least they were perfuaded that the folemnity of the fubject covered or excufed all incongrui ...
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