The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 3J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... drama ; and complain , that the people heard a comedian with much more pleasure than a preacher of the gospel . " Warton's History of English Poetry , Vol . I. p . 244 , n . bishop , a poet , and one of the fathers OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 9.
... drama ; and complain , that the people heard a comedian with much more pleasure than a preacher of the gospel . " Warton's History of English Poetry , Vol . I. p . 244 , n . bishop , a poet , and one of the fathers OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 9.
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... dramas for this purpose , which have not survived those inimitable compositions over which they triumphed for a time : one , however , his tragedy called Xpolos warxwv , or Christ's Passion , is still ex- tant . In the prologue it is ...
... dramas for this purpose , which have not survived those inimitable compositions over which they triumphed for a time : one , however , his tragedy called Xpolos warxwv , or Christ's Passion , is still ex- tant . In the prologue it is ...
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... drama . But the most ancient as well as most com- plete collection of this kind is , The Chester Mys- teries , which were written by Ralph Higden , a monk of the Abbey of Chester , about the year 1328 ,! seq . Warton's History of ...
... drama . But the most ancient as well as most com- plete collection of this kind is , The Chester Mys- teries , which were written by Ralph Higden , a monk of the Abbey of Chester , about the year 1328 ,! seq . Warton's History of ...
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... drama given by the English fathers at the famous Council of Constance , in the year 1417 , a low buffoon of Herod's court is introduced , desiring of his lord to be dubbed a knight , that he might be properly qualified to go on the ...
... drama given by the English fathers at the famous Council of Constance , in the year 1417 , a low buffoon of Herod's court is introduced , desiring of his lord to be dubbed a knight , that he might be properly qualified to go on the ...
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... drama called Christi Descensus ad inferos , or Christ's Descent into Hell . It was represented by the Pueri Eleemosynarii , or choir - boys , of Hyde Abbey , and Saint Swithin's This kind of primitive exhibition was revived in the time ...
... drama called Christi Descensus ad inferos , or Christ's Descent into Hell . It was represented by the Pueri Eleemosynarii , or choir - boys , of Hyde Abbey , and Saint Swithin's This kind of primitive exhibition was revived in the time ...
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