The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... Player of that time , but whose name I have not been able to learn . - " I am , Sir , with great regard , " Sept. 11 , 1792. " " Your most obedt . servant , - " J. Wilfon . " The player alluded to was Richard Burbage . A Gentleman who ...
... Player of that time , but whose name I have not been able to learn . - " I am , Sir , with great regard , " Sept. 11 , 1792. " " Your most obedt . servant , - " J. Wilfon . " The player alluded to was Richard Burbage . A Gentleman who ...
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... players might have been arranged : -that the Boar's Head , the scene of Falstaff's jollity , might also have been the favourite tavern of Shakspeare : - that , when our author returned over London Bridge from the Globetheatre , this was ...
... players might have been arranged : -that the Boar's Head , the scene of Falstaff's jollity , might also have been the favourite tavern of Shakspeare : - that , when our author returned over London Bridge from the Globetheatre , this was ...
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... player was scarcely then allowed to be reputa- ble . This remark , however , ought not to stand unsupported by a passage in The Microcosmos of John Davies of Hereford , 4to ... Players , I loue yee and your qualitie , 12 PREFACE TO.
... player was scarcely then allowed to be reputa- ble . This remark , however , ought not to stand unsupported by a passage in The Microcosmos of John Davies of Hereford , 4to ... Players , I loue yee and your qualitie , 12 PREFACE TO.
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... Players , I loue yee and your qualitie , " As ye are men that pass time not abus'd : " And fome I loue for painting , poesie , * * " w . S. R. B. " " And say fell fortune cannot be excus'd , " That hath for better uses you refus'd ...
... Players , I loue yee and your qualitie , " As ye are men that pass time not abus'd : " And fome I loue for painting , poesie , * * " w . S. R. B. " " And say fell fortune cannot be excus'd , " That hath for better uses you refus'd ...
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... players , before some old plays , but without any particular account of what fort of parts he used to play ; and though I have inquired , I could never meet with any further account of him this way , than that the top of his performance ...
... players , before some old plays , but without any particular account of what fort of parts he used to play ; and though I have inquired , I could never meet with any further account of him this way , than that the top of his performance ...
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