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Page iii
... Case. THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE ་ ་ ་ THE COMEDY OF ERRORS EDITED BY HENRY CUNINGHAM INIVERSITY PRINCETON , NJ . METHUEN AND CO . 36 ESSEX STREET : STRAND LONDON First Published in 1907 PREFATORY NOTE " A CAREFUL study.
... Case. THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE ་ ་ ་ THE COMEDY OF ERRORS EDITED BY HENRY CUNINGHAM INIVERSITY PRINCETON , NJ . METHUEN AND CO . 36 ESSEX STREET : STRAND LONDON First Published in 1907 PREFATORY NOTE " A CAREFUL study.
Page xiv
... Henry , Prince of Purpoole ; printed by Nichols in Progresses of Queen Elizabeth , iii . 362 ( ed . 1823 ) . " Prince Henry " was Henry Helmes , a gentle- man of Norfolk , the Lord of Misrule at Gray's Inn during the revels of 1594 ...
... Henry , Prince of Purpoole ; printed by Nichols in Progresses of Queen Elizabeth , iii . 362 ( ed . 1823 ) . " Prince Henry " was Henry Helmes , a gentle- man of Norfolk , the Lord of Misrule at Gray's Inn during the revels of 1594 ...
Page xvi
... Henry III . of France had ap- pointed Henry of Navarre as his successor ; and in 1593 the latter was acknowledged King of France as Henry IV . In 1591 Elizabeth had sent an expedition under Sir John xvi INTRODUCTION.
... Henry III . of France had ap- pointed Henry of Navarre as his successor ; and in 1593 the latter was acknowledged King of France as Henry IV . In 1591 Elizabeth had sent an expedition under Sir John xvi INTRODUCTION.
Page xvii
... Henry's aid - a step un- doubtedly dictated by the popular enthusiasm in England for the Protestant cause . The jest in the play would have fallen flat after July , 1593 , when peace was made ; and the reference , to have any striking ...
... Henry's aid - a step un- doubtedly dictated by the popular enthusiasm in England for the Protestant cause . The jest in the play would have fallen flat after July , 1593 , when peace was made ; and the reference , to have any striking ...
Page xli
... Henry of Navarre has already been referred to . But perhaps the most extraordinary of these references to contemporary London life and manners are the well- known allusions to English law and procedure , particularly in the fourth act ...
... Henry of Navarre has already been referred to . But perhaps the most extraordinary of these references to contemporary London life and manners are the well- known allusions to English law and procedure , particularly in the fourth act ...
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Page xiv - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Page 93 - He understood the speech of birds As well as they themselves do words ; Could tell what subtlest parrots mean, That speak and think contrary clean ; What member 'tis of whom they talk When they cry ' Rope,' and
Page xiii - The author is at home in his subject, and presents his views in an almost singularly clear and satisfactory manner. . . . The volume is a valuable contribution to one of the most difficult, and at the same time one of the most important subjects of investigation at the present day.
Page xxxii - THE myriad-minded man, our, and all men's, Shakspeare, has in this piece presented us with a legitimate farce in exactest consonance with the philosophical principles and character of farce, as distinguished from comedy and from entertainments.
Page 86 - I loved her most, and thought to set my rest On her kind nursery.