“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... altered . Perhaps the mistake arose from an abbreviation of the name . Mr. Dodsley knew not that the tra- gedy of Andromana was Shirley's , from the very same cause . Thus a whole stream of Biographers tells us , that Marston'splays ...
... altered . Perhaps the mistake arose from an abbreviation of the name . Mr. Dodsley knew not that the tra- gedy of Andromana was Shirley's , from the very same cause . Thus a whole stream of Biographers tells us , that Marston'splays ...
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... altered , through convenience , caprice , or ignorance . We have a sufficient in- stance of the liberties taken by the actors , in an old pamphlet by Nash , called Lenten Stuff , with the Prayse of the red Her- ring , 4to . 1599 , where ...
... altered , through convenience , caprice , or ignorance . We have a sufficient in- stance of the liberties taken by the actors , in an old pamphlet by Nash , called Lenten Stuff , with the Prayse of the red Her- ring , 4to . 1599 , where ...
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... altered by Shakspeare from the original drama of Greene , Peele and Marlowe ; great part of which is here preserved . He afterwards revised and improved it , as we have it in the folio . RITSON . ( 3. Do . William Shakspeare , T. Р. XV ...
... altered by Shakspeare from the original drama of Greene , Peele and Marlowe ; great part of which is here preserved . He afterwards revised and improved it , as we have it in the folio . RITSON . ( 3. Do . William Shakspeare , T. Р. XV ...
Page 146
... altered into 1623 . Since it was thought advantageous to adopt such contrivances while the book was only valued at six or seven guineas , now it has reached its present enormous price , may not artifice be still more on the stretch to ...
... altered into 1623 . Since it was thought advantageous to adopt such contrivances while the book was only valued at six or seven guineas , now it has reached its present enormous price , may not artifice be still more on the stretch to ...
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... altered for the stage . Of the latter , as exact a list as I have been able to form , with the assistance of Mr. Reed , of Staple- Inn , ( than whom no man is more conversant with English publications both ancient and modern , or more ...
... altered for the stage . Of the latter , as exact a list as I have been able to form , with the assistance of Mr. Reed , of Staple- Inn , ( than whom no man is more conversant with English publications both ancient and modern , or more ...
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