“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... play or a poem appeared without Ben's encomium , from the original Shakspeare to the translator of Du Bartas . But ... old mother - wit . His native wood- notes wild , every one remembers to be celebrated by Milton . Dryden ...
... play or a poem appeared without Ben's encomium , from the original Shakspeare to the translator of Du Bartas . But ... old mother - wit . His native wood- notes wild , every one remembers to be celebrated by Milton . Dryden ...
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... old play , called Jack Drum's Entertainment , I conjecture that he had be- fore made his appearance on the stage . Were this a proper place for such a disquisition , I could give you many cases of this kind . We are sent for instance to ...
... old play , called Jack Drum's Entertainment , I conjecture that he had be- fore made his appearance on the stage . Were this a proper place for such a disquisition , I could give you many cases of this kind . We are sent for instance to ...
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... old accent should be adopted in Hudibras . After all , The Double Falshood is superior to Theobald . One passage , and one only in the whole play , he pretended to have written : 66 Strike up , my masters ; " But touch the strings with ...
... old accent should be adopted in Hudibras . After all , The Double Falshood is superior to Theobald . One passage , and one only in the whole play , he pretended to have written : 66 Strike up , my masters ; " But touch the strings with ...
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... play , a rat , a rat ! " - So much for Saxo Grammaticus ! 66 It is scarcely conceivable , how industriously the ... old books , which are now perhaps no where to be found . Mr. Capell informs me , ( and he is in these matters , the ...
... play , a rat , a rat ! " - So much for Saxo Grammaticus ! 66 It is scarcely conceivable , how industriously the ... old books , which are now perhaps no where to be found . Mr. Capell informs me , ( and he is in these matters , the ...
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... Play- ers . " And the same hath been suspected to be the subject of the goodlie Comedie of Plautus , acted at " Pace ... old criticks esteemed him one of " our chiefe heroical makers . " - Meres in- forms us , that he had " heard ...
... Play- ers . " And the same hath been suspected to be the subject of the goodlie Comedie of Plautus , acted at " Pace ... old criticks esteemed him one of " our chiefe heroical makers . " - Meres in- forms us , that he had " heard ...
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