The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: The Cambridge Text from the Latest Edition of William Aldis Wright; with Introductions, Notes and Glossaries to Each Play by Israel Gollancz. The Complete Notes, with Variorum Readings and General Glossary of Alexander Dyce; a General Introduction, and a Bibliography by W. J. Rolfe; a History of the Drama, and General Criticism by Henry N. Hudson and Others, and a Complete Character Index, Volume 20Colonial Press, 1901 |
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Page 33
... individual char- acter , though somewhat of that sort may be alleged in the case of Mak in No. 12 of the Towneley series . The truth is , character and action , in the proper sense of the terms , were hardly thought of in the making of ...
... individual char- acter , though somewhat of that sort may be alleged in the case of Mak in No. 12 of the Towneley series . The truth is , character and action , in the proper sense of the terms , were hardly thought of in the making of ...
Page 48
... individual character . The piece is somewhat re- markable , also , in having been such a popular favourite that the phrase " Hick Scorner's jests grew into use as a proverb , to signify the profane scurrility with which the Puritans ...
... individual character . The piece is somewhat re- markable , also , in having been such a popular favourite that the phrase " Hick Scorner's jests grew into use as a proverb , to signify the profane scurrility with which the Puritans ...
Page 66
... individual character ; which is our chief reason for mentioning the piece . Nichol Newfangle , though in fact the hero , enacts the Vice , and is armed with the wooden dagger : among his friends are Ralph Royster , Tom Tosspot , Philip ...
... individual character ; which is our chief reason for mentioning the piece . Nichol Newfangle , though in fact the hero , enacts the Vice , and is armed with the wooden dagger : among his friends are Ralph Royster , Tom Tosspot , Philip ...
Page 67
... individual persons , the latter , however , taking the chief part of the action . The opening is made by " a sage person " called Destiny , and the Vice , named Desire ; from their talk it appears that Destiny has married Tom Tiler to a ...
... individual persons , the latter , however , taking the chief part of the action . The opening is made by " a sage person " called Destiny , and the Vice , named Desire ; from their talk it appears that Destiny has married Tom Tiler to a ...
Page 68
... individual character , but as being one of the oldest pieces founded on a classic original ; the author claiming , in his pro- logue , to have taken " Plautus ' first comedy " as his model . Master Bongrace sends his lackey , Jenkin ...
... individual character , but as being one of the oldest pieces founded on a classic original ; the author claiming , in his pro- logue , to have taken " Plautus ' first comedy " as his model . Master Bongrace sends his lackey , Jenkin ...
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