pt. 2. Historical account of the English stage. Emendations and additions. Tempest. Two gentlemen of VeronaH. Baldwin, 1790 |
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... piece perhaps prior to Chaucer , a friar Minorite mentions these Miracles as not lefs frequented than market - towns and fairs : " We haunten no taverns , ne hobelen about , " At markets and Miracles we meddle us never . " The elegant ...
... piece perhaps prior to Chaucer , a friar Minorite mentions these Miracles as not lefs frequented than market - towns and fairs : " We haunten no taverns , ne hobelen about , " At markets and Miracles we meddle us never . " The elegant ...
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... piece , ) whofe principal employment it was to belabour the Devil with his wooden dagger , and to make him roar , for the entertainment of the populace 7 . As the Myfteries or Miracle - plays " frequently required the introduction of ...
... piece , ) whofe principal employment it was to belabour the Devil with his wooden dagger , and to make him roar , for the entertainment of the populace 7 . As the Myfteries or Miracle - plays " frequently required the introduction of ...
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... piece had been originally prefented in 1562 , under the name of Ferrex and Perrex , ) fhould have been performed at the Caftle of Dublin : but fuch is the fact , if we may believe Chetwood the prompter , who mentions that old Mr ...
... piece had been originally prefented in 1562 , under the name of Ferrex and Perrex , ) fhould have been performed at the Caftle of Dublin : but fuch is the fact , if we may believe Chetwood the prompter , who mentions that old Mr ...
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... piece came on the ftage in a troop , before the play began , and prefented themselves to the fpectators , in order , fays he , to raise the expectation of the audience . " Putem tamen ( quod bodieque fit ) omnes actores antequam finguli ...
... piece came on the ftage in a troop , before the play began , and prefented themselves to the fpectators , in order , fays he , to raise the expectation of the audience . " Putem tamen ( quod bodieque fit ) omnes actores antequam finguli ...
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... piece , which , as Mr. Warton has obferved , is perhaps the firft fpecimen in our lan- guage of an heroick tale written in verse , and divided in- to acts and scenes , and cloathed in all the formalities of a regular tragedy , " a ...
... piece , which , as Mr. Warton has obferved , is perhaps the firft fpecimen in our lan- guage of an heroick tale written in verse , and divided in- to acts and scenes , and cloathed in all the formalities of a regular tragedy , " a ...
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Página 57 - Some heavenly music, (which even now I do) To work mine end upon their senses, that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book.
Página 56 - To hear the solemn curfew ; by whose aid (Weak masters though ye be) I have be-dimm'd The noontide sun , call'd forth the mutinous winds , And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war: to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire , and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt...
Página 19 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Página 63 - O ! wonder ! How many goodly creatures are there here ! How beauteous mankind is ! O brave new world, That has such people in't ! Pro. Tis new to thee.
Página 9 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things; for no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all; And women too, but innocent and pure; No sovereignty; — Seb.
Página 56 - True, representing some principal pieces of the reign of Henry the Eighth, which was set forth with many extraordinary circumstances of pomp and majesty, even to the matting of the stage ; the Knights of the order, with their Georges and Garter, the guards with their embroidered coats and the like; sufficient, in truth, within a while to make greatness very familiar, if not ridiculous.
Página 71 - There was a great engine at the lower end of the room, which had motion, and in it were the images of seahorses, with other terrible fishes, which were ridden by Moors. The indecorum was, that there was all fish and no water.
Página 68 - ... the player when he cometh in, must ever begin with telling where he is, or else the tale will not be conceived. Now ye shall have three ladies walk to gather flowers, and then we must believe the stage to be a garden. 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.