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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... seems to us , suggested by its Gothic original and used by earlier and perhaps equally good authorities , is that of the Gothic Drama . Such , accordingly , is the term by which we shall distinguish it in these pages . The fitness of ...
... seems to us , suggested by its Gothic original and used by earlier and perhaps equally good authorities , is that of the Gothic Drama . Such , accordingly , is the term by which we shall distinguish it in these pages . The fitness of ...
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... seem to be any good reason for supposing that the priesthood , in their simplicity of faith , were then at all apprehensive or aware of any danger in the people being able to read . Probably they worked , as honest men , with the best ...
... seem to be any good reason for supposing that the priesthood , in their simplicity of faith , were then at all apprehensive or aware of any danger in the people being able to read . Probably they worked , as honest men , with the best ...
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... seem to have merited any thing but an impeach- ment of their motives . However , what seems best worth the noting here is , the large share which those early dramatic representations had in shaping the culture of old England , and in ...
... seem to have merited any thing but an impeach- ment of their motives . However , what seems best worth the noting here is , the large share which those early dramatic representations had in shaping the culture of old England , and in ...
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... or harness from the monasteries , and especially declares it sacrilege if a priest or clerk lend the hallowed vestments for such a purpose . The doctrine of transubstantiation seems to have been especially fruitful Miracle - plays 9.
... or harness from the monasteries , and especially declares it sacrilege if a priest or clerk lend the hallowed vestments for such a purpose . The doctrine of transubstantiation seems to have been especially fruitful Miracle - plays 9.
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... seems to have been especially fruitful in this kind of perform- ancés . The festival of Corpus Christi , designed for the furthering of this doctrine , was instituted by Pope Urban IV . in 1264. Within a few years from that date ...
... seems to have been especially fruitful in this kind of perform- ancés . The festival of Corpus Christi , designed for the furthering of this doctrine , was instituted by Pope Urban IV . in 1264. Within a few years from that date ...
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