The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, Band 3F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... tion , and the manner of adapting it at those periods to the taste and disposition of mankind . The Stage in- deed may be considered as the republic of active litera- ture , and its history as the history of that state . The great ...
... tion , and the manner of adapting it at those periods to the taste and disposition of mankind . The Stage in- deed may be considered as the republic of active litera- ture , and its history as the history of that state . The great ...
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... being written on the Scriptural subject of the prophecies of Jonas and the destruc- tion of Ninevah . It is singular that Lodge has himself con- VOL . III . D and those already mentioned , known by the name of OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 33.
... being written on the Scriptural subject of the prophecies of Jonas and the destruc- tion of Ninevah . It is singular that Lodge has himself con- VOL . III . D and those already mentioned , known by the name of OF THE ENGLISH STAGE . 33.
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... tion . But in our theatres , there can be no novelty , no surprise insomuch that the spectator is more likely to be satiated with what he has already seen , than to have any appetite for what is to come . Upon this ground it was , that ...
... tion . But in our theatres , there can be no novelty , no surprise insomuch that the spectator is more likely to be satiated with what he has already seen , than to have any appetite for what is to come . Upon this ground it was , that ...
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... tion of various noblemen 3 , and were sworn her ma- used and studied , or hereafter shall use and studie , as well for the recreation of our lovinge subjectes as for our solace and pleasure when we shall thinke good to see them , as ...
... tion of various noblemen 3 , and were sworn her ma- used and studied , or hereafter shall use and studie , as well for the recreation of our lovinge subjectes as for our solace and pleasure when we shall thinke good to see them , as ...
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... tion of the internal form and economy of our ancient theatres , as the distance at which we stand , and the obscurity of the subject , will permit . The most ancient English playhouses of which I have found any account , are , the ...
... tion of the internal form and economy of our ancient theatres , as the distance at which we stand , and the obscurity of the subject , will permit . The most ancient English playhouses of which I have found any account , are , the ...
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acted actors aforesaid Alleyn ancient appears Augustine Phillips Ben Jonson Blackfriars Burbadge called children of Paul's comedians comedy company of players court Cundall daie at night daye drama dramatick Drury Lane Earl Edward Alleyn Elizabeth England English stage executors exhibited expence George Buc give and bequeath Globe hath Heminges Henry Chettle Henry Herbert Henslowe iiij iiijd interludes Item John John Heminges Jonson Kempe King Henry King James king's company Lady license London Lord Ma.ties Majesty Majesty's reward Malone March maske Master Michael Drayton Mysteries Nicholas Tooley parish performed piece play playes playhouse poet pounds present printed probably prologue publick Queen reign represented Revels Richard Robert says scenes servants Shakspeare Shakspeare's shewed shillings showen Sir Henry Herbert STEEVENS Sunday theatre theatrical thereof Thomas Thomas Dekker tragedy tyme Wentworth Smith Whitehall William D'Avenant William Haughton writer written
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Seite 72 - When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room ; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him ] and he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place ; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
Seite 190 - Reade him, therefore; and againe, and againe: And if then you doe not like him, surely you are in some manifest danger, not to understand him.
Seite 106 - Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air.
Seite 67 - King Henry making a masque at the Cardinal Wolsey's house, and certain chambers being shot off at his entry, some of the paper or other stuff wherewith one of them was stopped did light on the thatch, where being thought at first but an idle smoke, and their eyes more attentive to the show, it kindled inwardly and ran round like a train, consuming within less than an hour the whole house to the very grounds. This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabric, wherein yet nothing did perish but wood...
Seite 155 - M. William Shak-speare : HIS True Chronicle Historic of the life and death of King LEAR and his three Daughters. With the unfortunate life of Edgar, sonne and heire to the Earle of Gloster, and his sullen and assumed humor of TOM of Bedlam : As it was played before the Kings Maiestie at Whitehall vpon S.
Seite 67 - This was the fatal period of that virtuous fabrick; wherein yet nothing did perish but wood and straw, and a few forsaken cloaks; only one man had his breeches set on fire, that would perhaps have broiled him, if he had not, by the benefit of a provident wit, put it out with bottle ale.
Seite 51 - ... these our servants Lawrence Fletcher, William Shakespeare, Richard Burbage, Augustine Phillipps, John Heming, Henry Condell, William Sly, Robert Armin, Richard Cowley, and the rest of their associates...
Seite 137 - Mox etiam agrestes Satyros nudavit, et asper Incolumi gravitate jocum tentavit, eo quod Illecebris erat et grata novitate morandus Spectator, functusque sacris et potus et exlex.
Seite 81 - By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave.
Seite 357 - Whatever advantages he might once derive from personal allusions, local customs, or temporary opinions, have for many years been lost; and every topick of merriment, or motive of sorrow, which the modes of artificial life afforded him, now only obscure the scenes which they once illuminated.