The Works of William Shakespeare, Complete: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George SteevensJ.W. Sewell, 1859 - 828 pages |
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... play - house , to which idleness or taste may have directed him , and where his necessities , if tradition may be credited , obliged him to accept the office of call - boy , or prompter's attendant . This is a menial whose employment it ...
... play - house , to which idleness or taste may have directed him , and where his necessities , if tradition may be credited , obliged him to accept the office of call - boy , or prompter's attendant . This is a menial whose employment it ...
Page v
... play to the theatro , which was rejected after a very careless perusal , but that Shakspeare having accidently cast ... plays on historical subjects . The latter part of Shakspeare's life was spent in ease , retirement , and the ...
... play to the theatro , which was rejected after a very careless perusal , but that Shakspeare having accidently cast ... plays on historical subjects . The latter part of Shakspeare's life was spent in ease , retirement , and the ...
Page vii
... plays were written , rests principally on conjecture , and of some plays usually printed among his works , it is not yet determined whether he wrote the whole , or any part . Much of our ignorance of every thing which it would be ...
... plays were written , rests principally on conjecture , and of some plays usually printed among his works , it is not yet determined whether he wrote the whole , or any part . Much of our ignorance of every thing which it would be ...
Page viii
... plays of Fletcher were more frequently acted than his , and during the whole of the seventeenth century , they were made ... play of King Lear , speaks of the original as an obscure piece , recommended to his notice by a friend ; and the ...
... plays of Fletcher were more frequently acted than his , and during the whole of the seventeenth century , they were made ... play of King Lear , speaks of the original as an obscure piece , recommended to his notice by a friend ; and the ...
Page ix
... play called " Double Falsehood , " for a posthumous one of Shakspeare . In 1770 , was reprinted at Feversham , an old play called " The Tragedy of Arden of Feversham and Black Will , " with a preface attributing it to Shakspeare ...
... play called " Double Falsehood , " for a posthumous one of Shakspeare . In 1770 , was reprinted at Feversham , an old play called " The Tragedy of Arden of Feversham and Black Will , " with a preface attributing it to Shakspeare ...
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