A Census of Shakespeare's Plays in Quarto, 1594-1709Yale University Press, 1916 - 153 pages |
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... Lord Curzon . " From the standpoint here adopted he could claim no more than an equality with the Capell collection which , while it also lacked the Hamlet of 1604 ( and 1603 ) , possessed the 1597 Richard II and 1598 Henry IV as ...
... Lord Curzon . " From the standpoint here adopted he could claim no more than an equality with the Capell collection which , while it also lacked the Hamlet of 1604 ( and 1603 ) , possessed the 1597 Richard II and 1598 Henry IV as ...
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... Lord Sunderlin , with unfettered discretion as to the disposal of it . Ten years later it was presented by Lord Sunderlin to the Bodleian , of which it is one of the many glories . In 1821 , almost contemporaneously with the Malone ...
... Lord Sunderlin , with unfettered discretion as to the disposal of it . Ten years later it was presented by Lord Sunderlin to the Bodleian , of which it is one of the many glories . In 1821 , almost contemporaneously with the Malone ...
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... Lord Cromwell , 1602 , unique ; Yorkshire Tragedy , 1619 ; Rape of Lucrece , 16mo , 1616 ; Birth of Merline , 1662 ; The Puretaine , 1607 ; The Lon- don Prodigal , 1605 ; and two or three others , besides the four folios , all for £ 600 ...
... Lord Cromwell , 1602 , unique ; Yorkshire Tragedy , 1619 ; Rape of Lucrece , 16mo , 1616 ; Birth of Merline , 1662 ; The Puretaine , 1607 ; The Lon- don Prodigal , 1605 ; and two or three others , besides the four folios , all for £ 600 ...
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... Lord Howe ( bequeathed in 1773 to his ancestor W. P. A. Curzon by Charles Jennens ) . In or about 1907 Mr. Folger also acquired the " Jonas " quartos . Before this he already , it is believed , possessed quartos which had belonged to ...
... Lord Howe ( bequeathed in 1773 to his ancestor W. P. A. Curzon by Charles Jennens ) . In or about 1907 Mr. Folger also acquired the " Jonas " quartos . Before this he already , it is believed , possessed quartos which had belonged to ...
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... outbreak of the European War , which may also be mentioned as having precluded any attempt to trace the few quartos on the Continent of Europe , and interrupted a correspondence with the late Lord Ninian Crichton Stuart [ xl ] INTRODUCTION.
... outbreak of the European War , which may also be mentioned as having precluded any attempt to trace the few quartos on the Continent of Europe , and interrupted a correspondence with the late Lord Ninian Crichton Stuart [ xl ] INTRODUCTION.
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Page xvii - Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue : but if you mouth it, as many of our players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines.
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Page 30 - The Chronicle History of Henry the fift, With his battell fought at Agin Court in France. Together with Auntieut Pistoll.
Page 45 - A | Pleasant | Conceited Comedie | called, | Loues labors, lost. | As it was presented before her Highnes | this last Christmas. | Newly corrected and augmented | By W. Shakespere.
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