The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens..H. Baldwin, 1793 |
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... fatire was intended in Eastward Hoe , which was acted at Shakspeare's own playhouse , ( Blackfriers , ) by the children of the revels , in 1605. MALONE . The following particulars relative to the date of this piece , are borrowed from ...
... fatire was intended in Eastward Hoe , which was acted at Shakspeare's own playhouse , ( Blackfriers , ) by the children of the revels , in 1605. MALONE . The following particulars relative to the date of this piece , are borrowed from ...
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... fatire on facer- dotal luxury , than to give a serious account of the place of future torment . Chaucer , however , is as grave as Shakspeare . So , like- wife at the conclufion of an ancient pamphlet called The Wyll of the Devyll , bl ...
... fatire on facer- dotal luxury , than to give a serious account of the place of future torment . Chaucer , however , is as grave as Shakspeare . So , like- wife at the conclufion of an ancient pamphlet called The Wyll of the Devyll , bl ...
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... fatire on the impertinent oratory then in vogue , which placed reason in the formality of method , and wit in the gingle and play of words . With what art is he made to pride himself in his wit : " That he is mad , ' tis true : ' tis ...
... fatire on the impertinent oratory then in vogue , which placed reason in the formality of method , and wit in the gingle and play of words . With what art is he made to pride himself in his wit : " That he is mad , ' tis true : ' tis ...
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... fatires , 1567 : " For he that thinks to coat all men , and all to overgoe . " Chapman has more than once used the word in his verfion of the 23d Iliad . See Vol . V. p . 276 , n . 8 . In the laws of courfing , fays Mr. Tollet , " a ...
... fatires , 1567 : " For he that thinks to coat all men , and all to overgoe . " Chapman has more than once used the word in his verfion of the 23d Iliad . See Vol . V. p . 276 , n . 8 . In the laws of courfing , fays Mr. Tollet , " a ...
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... fatire at those young men who played occafionally at his own theatre . Ben Jonfon's Cynthia's Revels , and his Poetafter , were performed there by the children of Queen Elizabeth's chapel , in 1600 and 1601 ; and Eastward Hoe by the ...
... fatire at those young men who played occafionally at his own theatre . Ben Jonfon's Cynthia's Revels , and his Poetafter , were performed there by the children of Queen Elizabeth's chapel , in 1600 and 1601 ; and Eastward Hoe by the ...
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