| Wiltshire Stanton Austin, John Ralph - 1853 - 448 páginas
...knew would become the stage; with as little design of satire on present transactions as Shakespeare himself, that wrote this story before this age began. I am not ignorant of the position of affairs in King Richard II.'s reign: how dissolute the age, and how corrupt the court,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1921 - 170 páginas
...(1681), the author complains that his production was suppretesed without examination and that he wrote 'with as little design of Satyr on present Transactions...himself that wrote this Story before this Age began.' He alleges, moreover, that (if there was any such effect) he showed Richard in a better light than... | |
| James Redmond - 1986 - 280 páginas
...Me. If the Prohibiters conceive any such Notion I am not accountable for That. 16 He had, he claims, 'as little design of Satyr on present Transactions,...himself that wrote this Story before this Age began', and, he insists, if anyone has offered insult it is the licensing authorities. Richard's age and court... | |
| Martin Coyle - 1999 - 196 páginas
...on the History of King Lear) charm'd with the many Beauties I discover'd in it, which I knew wou'd become the Stage with as little design of Satyr on present Transactions, as Shakespeare himself that wrote this Story before this Age began. I am not ignorant of the posture of... | |
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