The Works of Mr. William Shakespear, Volume 7J. Darby, 1725 |
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Page xv
... King a mere Clown ; a Princess an errant Cook- -Wench ? What fhall I fay to the Time and Place , that these Accidents may or might have happen'd in ? For I have feen a Play , whose first Act began in Europe , the second in Afia , and ...
... King a mere Clown ; a Princess an errant Cook- -Wench ? What fhall I fay to the Time and Place , that these Accidents may or might have happen'd in ? For I have feen a Play , whose first Act began in Europe , the second in Afia , and ...
Page xv
... King Pepin , or Charlemagne ; the fame Man , who acts the Hero of the Play , fhould be made the Emperor Hera- clius , who carry'd the Crofs to Jerufalem , in order to recover the Holy Sepulchre , as Godfrey of Bulloin did , when there ...
... King Pepin , or Charlemagne ; the fame Man , who acts the Hero of the Play , fhould be made the Emperor Hera- clius , who carry'd the Crofs to Jerufalem , in order to recover the Holy Sepulchre , as Godfrey of Bulloin did , when there ...
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... King a mere Clown ; a Princess an errant Cook- -Wench ? What fhall I fay to the Time and Place , that these Accidents may or might have happen'd in ? For I have feen a Play , whofe firft Act began in Europe , the fecond in Afia , and ...
... King a mere Clown ; a Princess an errant Cook- -Wench ? What fhall I fay to the Time and Place , that these Accidents may or might have happen'd in ? For I have feen a Play , whofe firft Act began in Europe , the fecond in Afia , and ...
Page xxvi
... King Lear ; where the Cause of his Frenzy is ever uppermoft , and mingles with all he fays or does . But Beau- mont and Fletcher have perform'd abominably in their Mad - house , in the Pilgrim , and our modern Alterer of that Play , has ...
... King Lear ; where the Cause of his Frenzy is ever uppermoft , and mingles with all he fays or does . But Beau- mont and Fletcher have perform'd abominably in their Mad - house , in the Pilgrim , and our modern Alterer of that Play , has ...
Page xxx
... King at Dover - Peer , & c . And fo goes on to defcribe all his Paffage , & c . introducing a Narration to fupply the Gap of the Action , or rather , of the Actions . But the Chorus of the fifth Act is plainer on this Head : Vouchsafe ...
... King at Dover - Peer , & c . And fo goes on to defcribe all his Paffage , & c . introducing a Narration to fupply the Gap of the Action , or rather , of the Actions . But the Chorus of the fifth Act is plainer on this Head : Vouchsafe ...
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