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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... Probably they worked , as honest men , with the best means they could devise : they endeavoured to clothe the most needful of all instruction in such forms , to mould it up with such arts of recreation and pleasure , as might render it ...
... Probably they worked , as honest men , with the best means they could devise : they endeavoured to clothe the most needful of all instruction in such forms , to mould it up with such arts of recreation and pleasure , as might render it ...
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... probably belonged to Widkirk Abbey : at what time they grew into use there and at Coventry is not certainly known . But we have abundant evidence that such exhibi- tions formed a regular part of English life in the 1 The York Plays , ...
... probably belonged to Widkirk Abbey : at what time they grew into use there and at Coventry is not certainly known . But we have abundant evidence that such exhibi- tions formed a regular part of English life in the 1 The York Plays , ...
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... probably carbuncled as badly as Bardolph's . Herod makes his boast in similar style , and afterwards goes to bed , though merely in order , it seems , to make room for other actors . The devils , headed by Satan , per- form a mock pagan ...
... probably carbuncled as badly as Bardolph's . Herod makes his boast in similar style , and afterwards goes to bed , though merely in order , it seems , to make room for other actors . The devils , headed by Satan , per- form a mock pagan ...
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... probably had some fireworks about his person , to explode for the amusement of the audience as he went out . The play of Abraham's Sacrifice , printed in 1575 , is a translation by Golding ; the original having been written by the ...
... probably had some fireworks about his person , to explode for the amusement of the audience as he went out . The play of Abraham's Sacrifice , printed in 1575 , is a translation by Golding ; the original having been written by the ...
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... probably written as early as 1557. It is of very regular construction , having five acts , which are duly subdivided into scenes . Besides the Scrip- ture characters , are Ragau , Esau's servant ; Mido , a boy who leads blind Isaac ...
... probably written as early as 1557. It is of very regular construction , having five acts , which are duly subdivided into scenes . Besides the Scrip- ture characters , are Ragau , Esau's servant ; Mido , a boy who leads blind Isaac ...
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