The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 4R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... scene of this comedy , Mr. Pope has parti- cularly objected to the low and trifling conceits which he says are found there and in various other parts of the play before us : but this censure is pronounced without sufficient ...
... scene of this comedy , Mr. Pope has parti- cularly objected to the low and trifling conceits which he says are found there and in various other parts of the play before us : but this censure is pronounced without sufficient ...
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... SCENE , sometimes in VERONA ; sometimes in MILAN ; and on the frontiers of MANTUA . 1 PROTEUS , ] The old copy has - Protheus ; but this is merely the antiquated mode of spelling Proteus . See the Princely Plea- sures at Kenelworth ...
... SCENE , sometimes in VERONA ; sometimes in MILAN ; and on the frontiers of MANTUA . 1 PROTEUS , ] The old copy has - Protheus ; but this is merely the antiquated mode of spelling Proteus . See the Princely Plea- sures at Kenelworth ...
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William Shakespeare James Boswell. THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA . ACT I. SCENE I. An open place in Verona . Enter VALENTINE and PROTEUS . ; VAL . Cease to persuade , my loving Proteus ; Home - keeping youth have ever homely wits * : 3 ...
William Shakespeare James Boswell. THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA . ACT I. SCENE I. An open place in Verona . Enter VALENTINE and PROTEUS . ; VAL . Cease to persuade , my loving Proteus ; Home - keeping youth have ever homely wits * : 3 ...
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... scene , like many others in these plays ( some of which , I believe , were written by Shakspeare , and others inter ... scenes , is mean and vulgar , will be universally allowed ; but that it was interpolated by the players , Enter SPEED ...
... scene , like many others in these plays ( some of which , I believe , were written by Shakspeare , and others inter ... scenes , is mean and vulgar , will be universally allowed ; but that it was interpolated by the players , Enter SPEED ...
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... scenes were interpolated , is so wild and capricious , as not to deserve a moment's consideration . MALONE . 6 And I have play'd the SHEEP- ] The jest , such as it is , may escape the reader , unless he recollect that in Warwickshire ...
... scenes were interpolated , is so wild and capricious , as not to deserve a moment's consideration . MALONE . 6 And I have play'd the SHEEP- ] The jest , such as it is , may escape the reader , unless he recollect that in Warwickshire ...
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alludes Amadis de Gaula ancient Antipholus Armado authentick copy beauty believe BIRON BOSWELL BOYET called comedy Comedy of Errors Costard doth Dromio DUKE edition editor emendation Enter Ephesus error Exeunt Exit fair fool Gentlemen Gentlemen of Verona give grace hair hast hath heart heaven JOHNSON Julia King Henry lady LAUNCE letter lord Love's Love's Labour's Lost madam MALONE MASON master means Merchant of Venice merry metre mistress MOTH musick never oath observed old copy passage play poet praise pray Princess printed Proteus quarto rhyme romances scene second folio sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's signifies Silvia Sonnet speak speech SPEED STEEVENS suppose sweet tell thee THEOBALD thou art Thurio TYRWHITT Valentine Venus and Adonis Verona verse WARBURTON word write
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