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Page xi
... scenes , although “ Scaena Prima ” duly figures at the begin- ning of each act , with the exception , for no apparent reason , of the second ; and the play is not furnished at the end with " the names of the actors , " as in the case of ...
... scenes , although “ Scaena Prima ” duly figures at the begin- ning of each act , with the exception , for no apparent reason , of the second ; and the play is not furnished at the end with " the names of the actors , " as in the case of ...
Page xxiv
... scene by scene , speech by speech , without any alteration of the action , of the names of characters , or even of the sense of any speech , in the free rendering that was to bring it home to English readers . " " W. W. " in all ...
... scene by scene , speech by speech , without any alteration of the action , of the names of characters , or even of the sense of any speech , in the free rendering that was to bring it home to English readers . " " W. W. " in all ...
Page xxx
... scene of the Menaechmi is laid at Epidamnus ( in the English version Epidamnum , and in the Folio Epidamium ) . The Menaechmi , distinguished in Warner's version as " Menechmus the Traveller , " originally called " Sosicles , " and ...
... scene of the Menaechmi is laid at Epidamnus ( in the English version Epidamnum , and in the Folio Epidamium ) . The Menaechmi , distinguished in Warner's version as " Menechmus the Traveller , " originally called " Sosicles , " and ...
Page xxxi
... scene , and in the dénouement full ex- planations ensue between the brothers as to " how all this matter came about " ; and " much pleasant Error " thereby finds a happy ending . We are now in a position to judge of the extent to which ...
... scene , and in the dénouement full ex- planations ensue between the brothers as to " how all this matter came about " ; and " much pleasant Error " thereby finds a happy ending . We are now in a position to judge of the extent to which ...
Page xxxii
... scene of the action from Epidam- num to Ephesus , and thereby secures a locality where the " errors " of the play would seem most likely and reasonable as the result of sorcery and witchcraft . He retains the twin Menaechmi , the ...
... scene of the action from Epidam- num to Ephesus , and thereby secures a locality where the " errors " of the play would seem most likely and reasonable as the result of sorcery and witchcraft . He retains the twin Menaechmi , the ...
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Antipholus of Ephesus Antipholus of Syracuse brother Capell conj chain cloake Collier comedies Compare line Craig didst dine dinner door doth DROMIO of Ephesus Dromio of Syracuse Duke Dyce Editor Enter ANTIPHOLUS Epidamnum Erot Erotium Errors Exeunt Exit fairy fetch Folio fool Gentlemen of Verona gold hair Hanmer hast hath Henry Henry IV Henry VI husband Keightley Love's Labour's Lost Luciana Malone master meaning Menaecmi Menechmus Merchant of Venice Merry Wives Mess Messenio Midsummer-Night's Dream mistress never Othello passage Peniculus Plautus play Pope pray quibble reading refers Richard III Romeo and Juliet rope's end Rowe says SCENE sense Shakespeare ship speak stale Steevens quotes Syracusian tell thee Theobald thou art Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Twelfth Night villain Walker conj wife Wives of Windsor word
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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.