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 29
... poet , but on his want of skill or cunning . Here , again , we see the gradual introduction of allegorical characters , in the shape of virtues and mental qualities personified , as Lechery , Luxury , and Miracle - plays 29.
... poet , but on his want of skill or cunning . Here , again , we see the gradual introduction of allegorical characters , in the shape of virtues and mental qualities personified , as Lechery , Luxury , and Miracle - plays 29.
Page 69
... Poets , Pipers , Players , Jesters , and such - like Caterpillars of the Commonwealth . ” offset this attack , it seems , a piece called The Play of Plays was soon after written and performed . Two or three years later , Gosson put ...
... Poets , Pipers , Players , Jesters , and such - like Caterpillars of the Commonwealth . ” offset this attack , it seems , a piece called The Play of Plays was soon after written and performed . Two or three years later , Gosson put ...
Page 100
... poet had far more reason than now exists , for making Hamlet say to the old statesman , " After your death you were better have a bad epitaph than their ill report while you live . " - CHAPTER IV . COMEDY AND TRAGEDY . WE have seen 100 ...
... poet had far more reason than now exists , for making Hamlet say to the old statesman , " After your death you were better have a bad epitaph than their ill report while you live . " - CHAPTER IV . COMEDY AND TRAGEDY . WE have seen 100 ...
Page 132
... poet founded his Meas- ure for Measure . In the Dedication of his work , Whetstone has the following passage , where he evidently has in view some particular plays which he had seen performed : " The Englishman , in this quality , is ...
... poet founded his Meas- ure for Measure . In the Dedication of his work , Whetstone has the following passage , where he evidently has in view some particular plays which he had seen performed : " The Englishman , in this quality , is ...
Page 134
... poets drive it most com- monly unto such points as may best show the majesty of their pen in tragical speeches , or set the hearers agog with discourses of love , or paint a few antics to fit their own humours with scoffs and 134 An ...
... poets drive it most com- monly unto such points as may best show the majesty of their pen in tragical speeches , or set the hearers agog with discourses of love , or paint a few antics to fit their own humours with scoffs and 134 An ...
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