The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 3J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... stage continued to flourish in some degree , and the tragedies of Sophocles and Euripides were represented , till the fourth century . About that period , Gregory Nazianzen , an Arch- 6 " At Constantinople , " as Mr. Warton has ...
... stage continued to flourish in some degree , and the tragedies of Sophocles and Euripides were represented , till the fourth century . About that period , Gregory Nazianzen , an Arch- 6 " At Constantinople , " as Mr. Warton has ...
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... stage at Constan- tinople , and introduced stories from the Old and New Testament . As the ancient Greek tragedy was a religious spectacle , a transition was made on the same plan ; and the chorusses were turned into Christian hymns ...
... stage at Constan- tinople , and introduced stories from the Old and New Testament . As the ancient Greek tragedy was a religious spectacle , a transition was made on the same plan ; and the chorusses were turned into Christian hymns ...
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... stage - direction , to make themselves subligacula a foliis quibus tegamus pudenda . Cover their nakedness with leaves , and converse with God . God's curse . The serpent exit hissing . They are driven from Paradise by four angels and ...
... stage - direction , to make themselves subligacula a foliis quibus tegamus pudenda . Cover their nakedness with leaves , and converse with God . God's curse . The serpent exit hissing . They are driven from Paradise by four angels and ...
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... stage , where these three ladies joyning in a sweet song , rocked him asleepe , that he snorted againe ; and in the mean time closely conveyed under the cloaths wherewithall he was covered , a vizard , like a swines snout , upon his ...
... stage , where these three ladies joyning in a sweet song , rocked him asleepe , that he snorted againe ; and in the mean time closely conveyed under the cloaths wherewithall he was covered , a vizard , like a swines snout , upon his ...
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... stage . But in truth it is extremely ridiculous , that the spectator should see the actor listening , and yet he himself should not hear what one of his fellow- actors says concerning him , though in his own presence and within his ...
... stage . But in truth it is extremely ridiculous , that the spectator should see the actor listening , and yet he himself should not hear what one of his fellow- actors says concerning him , though in his own presence and within his ...
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