“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... Tragedy , hath been frequently called so ; but most certainly it was not written by our poet at all : nor indeed was it printed in his life - time . The fact on which it is built , was per- petrated no sooner than 1604 : : much too late ...
... Tragedy , hath been frequently called so ; but most certainly it was not written by our poet at all : nor indeed was it printed in his life - time . The fact on which it is built , was per- petrated no sooner than 1604 : : much too late ...
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... Tragedy , may be applied on the pre- sent occasion . But you want my opinion : -- and from every mark of style and manner , I make no doubt of ascribing it to Shirley . Mr. Langbaine informs us , that he left some plays in MS . - These ...
... Tragedy , may be applied on the pre- sent occasion . But you want my opinion : -- and from every mark of style and manner , I make no doubt of ascribing it to Shirley . Mr. Langbaine informs us , that he left some plays in MS . - These ...
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... thou sayst is true- " But if I prove thee perjured and unjust , " This very sword , whereon thou took'st thine oath , " Shall be the worker of thy tragedy ! " We have therefore no occasion to go with Mr. Garrick 50 AN ESSAY ON THE.
... thou sayst is true- " But if I prove thee perjured and unjust , " This very sword , whereon thou took'st thine oath , " Shall be the worker of thy tragedy ! " We have therefore no occasion to go with Mr. Garrick 50 AN ESSAY ON THE.
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... is quoted , as it had been before , in Mr. Guthrie's Essay on Tragedy , with a small variation from the Original . See edit . fol . 1644 , p . 50 . 3 nature hath bestowed them upon me . The bright LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . 55.
... is quoted , as it had been before , in Mr. Guthrie's Essay on Tragedy , with a small variation from the Original . See edit . fol . 1644 , p . 50 . 3 nature hath bestowed them upon me . The bright LEARNING OF SHAKSPEARE . 55.
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... tragedy of Arden of Feversham and Black Will . April 18 , 1593 . Rich . Feild . ] A booke entitled Venus and Adonis . " 286 297 b . * This and the foregoing are perhaps the original works on which Shakspeare founded his play of Romeo ...
... tragedy of Arden of Feversham and Black Will . April 18 , 1593 . Rich . Feild . ] A booke entitled Venus and Adonis . " 286 297 b . * This and the foregoing are perhaps the original works on which Shakspeare founded his play of Romeo ...
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