The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 3Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1799 |
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Page 36
... should seem more likely to reprefs , ex- pectation . I fuppofe , however , this writer con- , ceived the audience would be animated by the number of the characters , and that this display . would operate on the gaping fpectators like ...
... should seem more likely to reprefs , ex- pectation . I fuppofe , however , this writer con- , ceived the audience would be animated by the number of the characters , and that this display . would operate on the gaping fpectators like ...
Page 50
... or of as many as should be to their honours good liking ; and withal , their favour- able letters to the Lord Maior , to permit them to exercife companies of comedians , each of which performed twice or 50 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT.
... or of as many as should be to their honours good liking ; and withal , their favour- able letters to the Lord Maior , to permit them to exercife companies of comedians , each of which performed twice or 50 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT.
Page 102
... should speak a different language , for there the corresponding claufe ' is as follows : 66 And that it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid Sir William D'Avenant , his heirs , and affigns , to take and receive of such of our ...
... should speak a different language , for there the corresponding claufe ' is as follows : 66 And that it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid Sir William D'Avenant , his heirs , and affigns , to take and receive of such of our ...
Page 105
... should have mentioned the act of fhifting fienes , if in his time there were no fcenes capable of being fhifted ? Thus in the Chorus to King Henry V : Unto Southampton do we shift our scene . ' " This phrafe " ( he adds ) " was hardly ...
... should have mentioned the act of fhifting fienes , if in his time there were no fcenes capable of being fhifted ? Thus in the Chorus to King Henry V : Unto Southampton do we shift our scene . ' " This phrafe " ( he adds ) " was hardly ...
Page 112
... should likewife be remembered , that the intervention of civil war would eafily occafion many cuftoms of our early theatres to be filently forgotten . The times when Apemantus must have pointed to the scenes as he spoke the following ...
... should likewife be remembered , that the intervention of civil war would eafily occafion many cuftoms of our early theatres to be filently forgotten . The times when Apemantus must have pointed to the scenes as he spoke the following ...
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