The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 3Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1799 |
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William Shakespeare. AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT O F THE RISE AND OF THE PROGRESS ENGLISH STAGE , AND OF THE ECONOMY AND USAGES OF OUR ANCIENT THEATRES . THE drama before the time of Shakspeare was fo little cultivated , or fo ill understood ...
William Shakespeare. AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT O F THE RISE AND OF THE PROGRESS ENGLISH STAGE , AND OF THE ECONOMY AND USAGES OF OUR ANCIENT THEATRES . THE drama before the time of Shakspeare was fo little cultivated , or fo ill understood ...
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... great comprehenfion and fagacity . " " Voltaire's theory on this fubject is also very ingenious , and quite new . Religious plays , he fuppofes , came originally from Conftantinople ; • where the B 4 OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 7.
... great comprehenfion and fagacity . " " Voltaire's theory on this fubject is also very ingenious , and quite new . Religious plays , he fuppofes , came originally from Conftantinople ; • where the B 4 OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 7.
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... stage . The fashion of acting spiritual dramas , in which at first a due degree of method and decorum was preserved , was at length adopted from Conftanti- nople by the Italians ; who framed , in the depth of the dark ages , on this ...
... stage . The fashion of acting spiritual dramas , in which at first a due degree of method and decorum was preserved , was at length adopted from Conftanti- nople by the Italians ; who framed , in the depth of the dark ages , on this ...
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... stage , difgraced with the groffest improprieties , corrupted with inventions and ad- ditions of the moft ridiculous kind , fullied with impurities , and expreffed in the language of the loweft farce . " On the whole , the Myfteries ...
... stage , difgraced with the groffest improprieties , corrupted with inventions and ad- ditions of the moft ridiculous kind , fullied with impurities , and expreffed in the language of the loweft farce . " On the whole , the Myfteries ...
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... hiffing . They are driven from Paradife by four angels and the cherubim with a flaming fword . Adam appears digging the ground , and Eve spinning . 1 of which a particular account will be found below . OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 11.
... hiffing . They are driven from Paradife by four angels and the cherubim with a flaming fword . Adam appears digging the ground , and Eve spinning . 1 of which a particular account will be found below . OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 11.
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