The Dramatic Works With Notes Critical, Volume 1John Murray, 1827 |
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Page xxvii
... passages of singular merit , many scenes , favourable to the display of the writer's powers beautifully executed , it is impossible to deny ; but the plot is alto- gether defective ; and the characters proceed from error to error , and ...
... passages of singular merit , many scenes , favourable to the display of the writer's powers beautifully executed , it is impossible to deny ; but the plot is alto- gether defective ; and the characters proceed from error to error , and ...
Page xxxvi
John Ford. of the characters will be found , it is not destitute of passages which the lovers of our ancient drama may contemplate with unreproved pleasure . There is nothing in the Dedication , or in the Prologue and Epilogue , to this ...
John Ford. of the characters will be found , it is not destitute of passages which the lovers of our ancient drama may contemplate with unreproved pleasure . There is nothing in the Dedication , or in the Prologue and Epilogue , to this ...
Page xxxvii
... is life . Take , for example , the following passage : it is not a description that we read ; it is a series of events that we hear and see : d " the quick comedians Extemporally shall stage us , and INTRODUCTION . xxxvii.
... is life . Take , for example , the following passage : it is not a description that we read ; it is a series of events that we hear and see : d " the quick comedians Extemporally shall stage us , and INTRODUCTION . xxxvii.
Page xliii
... . 219. Such as desire to see what Cibber calls his " excuse , " may turn to the passage . seventy , it is a very gracious plea . Dryden died a few months after this . • which nothing is heard of him . Of Decker's INTRODUCTION . xliii.
... . 219. Such as desire to see what Cibber calls his " excuse , " may turn to the passage . seventy , it is a very gracious plea . Dryden died a few months after this . • which nothing is heard of him . Of Decker's INTRODUCTION . xliii.
Page lix
... passage in the Return from Parnassus " ( 1602 , ) — which forms the only blot in Shakspeare's character , as it exhibits him wan- tonly joining a rabble of obscure actors in perse- cuting Jonson who was struggling for existence , and ...
... passage in the Return from Parnassus " ( 1602 , ) — which forms the only blot in Shakspeare's character , as it exhibits him wan- tonly joining a rabble of obscure actors in perse- cuting Jonson who was struggling for existence , and ...
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