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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Page 52
... line in Ovid : " Tunc neque marmoreo pendebant vela theatro , - " which Heywood , in a tract published in 1612 , thus tranflates : " In thofe days from the marble houfe did waive " No fail , no filken flag , or enfign brave . " " From ...
... line in Ovid : " Tunc neque marmoreo pendebant vela theatro , - " which Heywood , in a tract published in 1612 , thus tranflates : " In thofe days from the marble houfe did waive " No fail , no filken flag , or enfign brave . " " From ...
Page 55
... line repeat " Of serious fenfe ; but like lips meet like meat : Whilst the true brood of actors , that alone " Keep natural unftrain'd action in her throne , " Behold their benches bare , though they rehearse " The terfer Beaumont's or ...
... line repeat " Of serious fenfe ; but like lips meet like meat : Whilst the true brood of actors , that alone " Keep natural unftrain'd action in her throne , " Behold their benches bare , though they rehearse " The terfer Beaumont's or ...
Page 56
... - pears from the fubfequent lines , there were feats in the pit . Ben Jonfon has the fame quibble : of the ground here . " - the understanding gentlemen prefixed prefixed by Heminge and Condell to the first folio edi- 56 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT.
... - pears from the fubfequent lines , there were feats in the pit . Ben Jonfon has the fame quibble : of the ground here . " - the understanding gentlemen prefixed prefixed by Heminge and Condell to the first folio edi- 56 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT.
Page 64
... lines and pullies , though not a modern invention , ( for it was ufed by Inigo Jones in the mafques at court , ) was yet an apparatus to which the fimple mechanifm of our ancient theatres had not arrived ; for in them the curtains open ...
... lines and pullies , though not a modern invention , ( for it was ufed by Inigo Jones in the mafques at court , ) was yet an apparatus to which the fimple mechanifm of our ancient theatres had not arrived ; for in them the curtains open ...
Page 71
... lines are then quoted from the fame piece , of which the fol lowing are thofe which alone are material to the prefent point : " Tyrant . - Softlee , foftlee ; - " The vaults e'en chide our steps with murmuring founds . All thy till ...
... lines are then quoted from the fame piece , of which the fol lowing are thofe which alone are material to the prefent point : " Tyrant . - Softlee , foftlee ; - " The vaults e'en chide our steps with murmuring founds . All thy till ...
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