The Dramatic Works of John Ford: With an Introduction, and Notes Critical and Explanatory, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1831 - English drama |
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Page xvi
... observed by Dr. Farmer in his Essay on Shakspeare , " that play - writing in that poet's days was scarcely thought a creditable em- ploy ; " and it would seem as if the dramatic poets themselves entertained some such idea as Farmer ...
... observed by Dr. Farmer in his Essay on Shakspeare , " that play - writing in that poet's days was scarcely thought a creditable em- ploy ; " and it would seem as if the dramatic poets themselves entertained some such idea as Farmer ...
Page xxv
... observed ( p . xviii . ) that the poet enter- tained a high degree of love and respect for his cousin John Ford , of Gray's Inn ; and he took the earliest opportunity of showing it , by prefixing his name , with that of one or two ...
... observed ( p . xviii . ) that the poet enter- tained a high degree of love and respect for his cousin John Ford , of Gray's Inn ; and he took the earliest opportunity of showing it , by prefixing his name , with that of one or two ...
Page xxvi
... observed in the epilogue to this piece , that if it failed to please the audience he would not trouble them again ; and in the same peevish mood he tells his cousin of Gray's Inn , in the dedication , that offering " a play to the ...
... observed in the epilogue to this piece , that if it failed to please the audience he would not trouble them again ; and in the same peevish mood he tells his cousin of Gray's Inn , in the dedication , that offering " a play to the ...
Page xxxi
... observed in a critical notice of this drama , which appeared in 1812 , that " though the subject of it is such as to preclude the author from the high praise of original invention and fancy , " a cir- cumstance which he himself notices ...
... observed in a critical notice of this drama , which appeared in 1812 , that " though the subject of it is such as to preclude the author from the high praise of original invention and fancy , " a cir- cumstance which he himself notices ...
Page xxxiv
... observed , that in the plot the poet has certainly failed ; the language of the serious parts , however , is deserving of high praise , and the more prominent characters are skilfully discriminated , and powerfully sustained : but the ...
... observed , that in the plot the poet has certainly failed ; the language of the serious parts , however , is deserving of high praise , and the more prominent characters are skilfully discriminated , and powerfully sustained : but the ...
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