The Dramatic Works With Notes Critical, Volume 1John Murray, 1827 |
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Page xxv
... Friars ; but the date of its appearance is not known . Ford seems to have felt some alarm at the deep tragedy which he was about to develope ; and he therefore takes an early opportunity , in the Prologue , to inform the audience that ...
... Friars ; but the date of its appearance is not known . Ford seems to have felt some alarm at the deep tragedy which he was about to develope ; and he therefore takes an early opportunity , in the Prologue , to inform the audience that ...
Page xxvi
... Friar in the preceding one . He is skilfully con- ceived , and judiciously elevated to the subject : his incidental ... Friar's case , it was undoubtedly a just measure of precaution ; but xxvi INTRODUCTION .
... Friar in the preceding one . He is skilfully con- ceived , and judiciously elevated to the subject : his incidental ... Friar's case , it was undoubtedly a just measure of precaution ; but xxvi INTRODUCTION .
Page xcvii
... Friar's cell . " The old ridiculous stage direction was neither altered by Mr. Dodsley nor by Mr. Reed in their republications . " Will it be credited , that the scene , after all Mr. Weber's self - congratulation , does not lie in the ...
... Friar's cell . " The old ridiculous stage direction was neither altered by Mr. Dodsley nor by Mr. Reed in their republications . " Will it be credited , that the scene , after all Mr. Weber's self - congratulation , does not lie in the ...
Page xcviii
... Friar , therefore , ( however " ridiculous " it may seem , ) literally made his entrance in a chair . Mr. Weber was ... friar's falsehood ; I will call him . i . e . " I will upbraid him . The same expression is still used at schools for ...
... Friar , therefore , ( however " ridiculous " it may seem , ) literally made his entrance in a chair . Mr. Weber was ... friar's falsehood ; I will call him . i . e . " I will upbraid him . The same expression is still used at schools for ...
Page cxii
... Friars , where a chair , such as he describes , was a well - known property , and used in various plays then on the stage . This " horrible instru- ment of torture , " this most wonderful compound of “ inge- nuity and elegance , " was ...
... Friars , where a chair , such as he describes , was a well - known property , and used in various plays then on the stage . This " horrible instru- ment of torture , " this most wonderful compound of “ inge- nuity and elegance , " was ...
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