The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 3Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1799 |
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... hands . They turned actors ; and inftead of profane mummeries , prefented ftories taken from legends or the Bible . This was the origin of facred comedy . The death of Saint Catharine , acted by the monks of faint Dennis , rivalled the ...
... hands . They turned actors ; and inftead of profane mummeries , prefented ftories taken from legends or the Bible . This was the origin of facred comedy . The death of Saint Catharine , acted by the monks of faint Dennis , rivalled the ...
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... hands of every scholar , I fhall content myfelf with merely referring to it . Many other Moralities are yet extant , of some of which I fhall give the titles below . Of one , which is not now extant , we have a curious account in a book ...
... hands of every scholar , I fhall content myfelf with merely referring to it . Many other Moralities are yet extant , of some of which I fhall give the titles below . Of one , which is not now extant , we have a curious account in a book ...
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... hand , and leaning with the other hand upon the others thoulder ; and fo they went along with a foft pace round about by the skirt of the ftage , till at last they came to the cradle , when all the court was in the greateft jollity ...
... hand , and leaning with the other hand upon the others thoulder ; and fo they went along with a foft pace round about by the skirt of the ftage , till at last they came to the cradle , when all the court was in the greateft jollity ...
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... hand , it is made like our fhavelings , longeft at the rifing and falling of the funne . " From the fame writer we learn , that many preceding dramatick poets had travelled over the ground in which the fubjects of feveral of ...
... hand , it is made like our fhavelings , longeft at the rifing and falling of the funne . " From the fame writer we learn , that many preceding dramatick poets had travelled over the ground in which the fubjects of feveral of ...
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... hand , in the 13th year of his reign . The following are taken from a book which contains an account of expences in the 9th year of his reign : " Ilem , to Cart for writing of a boke , 6s 8d . Item , payd for two playes in the hall ...
... hand , in the 13th year of his reign . The following are taken from a book which contains an account of expences in the 9th year of his reign : " Ilem , to Cart for writing of a boke , 6s 8d . Item , payd for two playes in the hall ...
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