The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 3J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... fays , before the fuppreflion of monafteries this city was very famous for the pageants that were played therein upon Corpus - Chrifti day ; which pageants being acted with mighty state and reverence by the friers of this houfe , had ...
... fays , before the fuppreflion of monafteries this city was very famous for the pageants that were played therein upon Corpus - Chrifti day ; which pageants being acted with mighty state and reverence by the friers of this houfe , had ...
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... fays Mr. Warton , " we fee fome of the fcenes directed to be repre- fented cum cantu et organis , a common rubrick in a miffal . That is , because they were performed in a church where the choir affifted . There is a curious paffage in ...
... fays Mr. Warton , " we fee fome of the fcenes directed to be repre- fented cum cantu et organis , a common rubrick in a miffal . That is , because they were performed in a church where the choir affifted . There is a curious paffage in ...
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... under the year 1559 , fays , that after a grand feast at Guildhall , the fame day was a fcaffold set up in the hall for a play . " Ann . Ref . I. 197 , edit . 1725 . Vice , ( the buffoon of the piece , ) OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 25.
... under the year 1559 , fays , that after a grand feast at Guildhall , the fame day was a fcaffold set up in the hall for a play . " Ann . Ref . I. 197 , edit . 1725 . Vice , ( the buffoon of the piece , ) OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 25.
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... fays Bishop Harfenet , " when the nimble Vice would ikip up nimbly like a Jack - an - apes into the Devil's necke , and ride the devil a course , and belabour him with his wooden dagger , till he made him roar , whereat the people would ...
... fays Bishop Harfenet , " when the nimble Vice would ikip up nimbly like a Jack - an - apes into the Devil's necke , and ride the devil a course , and belabour him with his wooden dagger , till he made him roar , whereat the people would ...
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... fays the author of the memoir , " wherein Henry VIII . was declared king of Ireland , there were prefent the earls of Ormond and Defmond , the lord Barry , M'Gilla Phædrig , chieftaine of Offory , the fon of O'Bryan , McCarthy More ...
... fays the author of the memoir , " wherein Henry VIII . was declared king of Ireland , there were prefent the earls of Ormond and Defmond , the lord Barry , M'Gilla Phædrig , chieftaine of Offory , the fon of O'Bryan , McCarthy More ...
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