The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed, Volume 1 |
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His name is printed , as the custom was in those times , amongst those of the other players , before some old plays , but without any particular account of what sort of parts he used to play ; and though I have inquired , I could never ...
His name is printed , as the custom was in those times , amongst those of the other players , before some old plays , but without any particular account of what sort of parts he used to play ; and though I have inquired , I could never ...
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Queen Elizabeth had several of his plays acted before her ; and , without doubt , gave him many gracious marks of her ... Parts of Henry the Fourth , that she commanded him to continue it for one play more , and to show him in love .
Queen Elizabeth had several of his plays acted before her ; and , without doubt , gave him many gracious marks of her ... Parts of Henry the Fourth , that she commanded him to continue it for one play more , and to show him in love .
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Besides his plays in this edition , there are two or three ascribed to him by Mr. Langbaine , which I have never seen , and know nothing of . He wrote likewise , Venus and Adonis , and Tarquin and Lucrece , in stanzas , which have been ...
Besides his plays in this edition , there are two or three ascribed to him by Mr. Langbaine , which I have never seen , and know nothing of . He wrote likewise , Venus and Adonis , and Tarquin and Lucrece , in stanzas , which have been ...
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That whole play is admirable ; the humours are various , and well opposed ; the main design , which is to cure Ford of his unreasonable jealousy , is extremely well conducted . In Twelfth Night there is something singularly ridiculous ...
That whole play is admirable ; the humours are various , and well opposed ; the main design , which is to cure Ford of his unreasonable jealousy , is extremely well conducted . In Twelfth Night there is something singularly ridiculous ...
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the wit most commonly sprightly and pleasing , except in those places where he runs into doggrel rhymes , as in The Comedy of Errors , and some other plays . As for his jingling some times , and playing upon words , it was the common ...
the wit most commonly sprightly and pleasing , except in those places where he runs into doggrel rhymes , as in The Comedy of Errors , and some other plays . As for his jingling some times , and playing upon words , it was the common ...
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| Title | The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed, Volume 1 The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Nicholas Rowe |
| Publisher | W. Borradaile, 1825 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 10 Feb 2006 |
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