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Page 87
The perfect and exact copy , with divers things printed , that the length of the Play
would not bear in the Presentment . Written by John Webster . Appius and
Virginia ; a Tragedy , by John Webster . London , 1654 . In the course of our
dramatic ...
The perfect and exact copy , with divers things printed , that the length of the Play
would not bear in the Presentment . Written by John Webster . Appius and
Virginia ; a Tragedy , by John Webster . London , 1654 . In the course of our
dramatic ...
Page 100
Our author is not , in general , either felicitous or hearty in his legal pleadings ;
indeed , nothing can be inore wretched than the stuff he puts into the mouths of
his lawyers , both in this play and in The Devil ' s Law - Case . The preceding ...
Our author is not , in general , either felicitous or hearty in his legal pleadings ;
indeed , nothing can be inore wretched than the stuff he puts into the mouths of
his lawyers , both in this play and in The Devil ' s Law - Case . The preceding ...
Page 116
rence to our English dramatists , but we cannot help remarking , in perusing this
play , the rapidity with which the author makes Time ply his wings . We learn ,
almost in the same breath , of the marriage of the Dutchess , and the birth of three
...
rence to our English dramatists , but we cannot help remarking , in perusing this
play , the rapidity with which the author makes Time ply his wings . We learn ,
almost in the same breath , of the marriage of the Dutchess , and the birth of three
...
Page 331
These two plays are the only fruit now remaining of Cyril Tourneur ' s dramatic
labours , and although they are not sufficient ... He was the author of another play
, called The Nobleman , which was one of the victims of the anti - dramatic taste
of ...
These two plays are the only fruit now remaining of Cyril Tourneur ' s dramatic
labours , and although they are not sufficient ... He was the author of another play
, called The Nobleman , which was one of the victims of the anti - dramatic taste
of ...
Page 332
Although woman and woman ' s love , or that which usurps its name , form
considerable features of his plays , he delineates the terrible and appalling rather
than the amiable and tender in passion - he seems to dwell with delight on the ...
Although woman and woman ' s love , or that which usurps its name , form
considerable features of his plays , he delineates the terrible and appalling rather
than the amiable and tender in passion - he seems to dwell with delight on the ...
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| Title | The Retrospective Review.., Volume 7 |
| Editor | Henry Southern |
| Contributors | David Sampson Maurice, Charles and Henry Baldwyn |
| Publisher | Charles and Henry Baldwyn, Newgate Street., 1823 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 14 Aug 2007 |
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