The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens & Reed, Volume 1King, 1825 |
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... plays , but without any particular account of what sort 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 was the Ghost in his own ...
... plays , but without any particular account of what sort 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 was the Ghost in his own ...
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... play more , and to show him in love . This is said to be the occasion of his writing the Merry Wives of Windsor . How well she was obeyed , the play itself is an admirable proof . Upon this occasion , it may not be improper to observe ...
... play more , and to show him in love . This is said to be the occasion of his writing the Merry Wives of Windsor . How well she was obeyed , the play itself is an admirable proof . Upon this occasion , it may not be improper to observe ...
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... plays in this edition , there are two or three ascribed to him by Mr. Lang- baine , which I have never seen , and know nothing of . He wrote likewise , Venus and Adonis , and Tarquin and Lucrece , in stanzas , which have been printed in ...
... plays in this edition , there are two or three ascribed to him by Mr. Lang- baine , which I have never seen , and know nothing of . He wrote likewise , Venus and Adonis , and Tarquin and Lucrece , in stanzas , which have been printed in ...
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... play is admirable ; the humours are various , and well opposed ; the main design , which is to cure Ford of his un- reasonable jealousy , is extremely well conducted . In Twelfth - Night there is something singularly ridiculous and ...
... play is admirable ; the humours are various , and well opposed ; the main design , which is to cure Ford of his un- reasonable jealousy , is extremely well conducted . In Twelfth - Night there is something singularly ridiculous and ...
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... play , depart too much from that likeness to truth which ought to be observed in these sort of writings ; yet he does it so very finely , that one is easily drawn in to have more faith for his sake , than rea- son does well allow of ...
... play , depart too much from that likeness to truth which ought to be observed in these sort of writings ; yet he does it so very finely , that one is easily drawn in to have more faith for his sake , than rea- son does well allow of ...
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