The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... theatre Dr. Farmer was the Arbiter Elegantiarum , and presided with as much dignity and unaffected ease as within the walls of his own College . He was regularly surrounded by a large party of congenial friends and able cri- ticks ...
... theatre Dr. Farmer was the Arbiter Elegantiarum , and presided with as much dignity and unaffected ease as within the walls of his own College . He was regularly surrounded by a large party of congenial friends and able cri- ticks ...
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... theatre , this was a convenient house of entertainment ; and that for many years afterwards ( as the tradition of the neighbourhood reports ) it was understood to have been a place where the wits and wags of a former age were assembled ...
... theatre , this was a convenient house of entertainment ; and that for many years afterwards ( as the tradition of the neighbourhood reports ) it was understood to have been a place where the wits and wags of a former age were assembled ...
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... theatre of his fame and fortune , and the only place where painters , at that period , could have expected to thrive by their pro- fession . We may suppose too , that the booksellers who employed Droeshout , discovered the object of ...
... theatre of his fame and fortune , and the only place where painters , at that period , could have expected to thrive by their pro- fession . We may suppose too , that the booksellers who employed Droeshout , discovered the object of ...
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... theatre . It is cer- tain , that neither the Zoustian or Chandosan canvas has displayed the least trait of a quiet and gentle bard of the Elizabethan age . To ascertain the original owner of the portrait now Mr. Felton's , is an ...
... theatre . It is cer- tain , that neither the Zoustian or Chandosan canvas has displayed the least trait of a quiet and gentle bard of the Elizabethan age . To ascertain the original owner of the portrait now Mr. Felton's , is an ...
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... theatre were seconded by those of as ignorant a press . The integrity of dramas thus prepared for the world , is just on a level with the innocence of females nursed in a camp and edu- cated in a bagnio . As often therefore as we are ...
... theatre were seconded by those of as ignorant a press . The integrity of dramas thus prepared for the world , is just on a level with the innocence of females nursed in a camp and edu- cated in a bagnio . As often therefore as we are ...
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