The Life of Shakespeare: Enquiries Into the Originality of His Dramatic Plots and Characters; and Essays on the Ancient Theatres and Theatrical Usages, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824 |
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... common . That our early dramatists were well acquainted with the laws which antiquity prescribed for the regulation of the drama , is a circumstance that admits not of question , for they were all scholars . Their neglect of the unities ...
... common . That our early dramatists were well acquainted with the laws which antiquity prescribed for the regulation of the drama , is a circumstance that admits not of question , for they were all scholars . Their neglect of the unities ...
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... common from the first dawnings of dramatic literature in England . The Vice and the Devil obtruded their impertinent buffoonery on scenes of the most serious and solemn import , and the audiences , who witnessed such absurdity with ...
... common from the first dawnings of dramatic literature in England . The Vice and the Devil obtruded their impertinent buffoonery on scenes of the most serious and solemn import , and the audiences , who witnessed such absurdity with ...
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... common people , who resorted thither , stood to witness the exhibition , and hence are called groundlings by Shakspeare , and , by Ben Jonson , the understanding gentle- men of the ground . Between this class of spec- tators , and the ...
... common people , who resorted thither , stood to witness the exhibition , and hence are called groundlings by Shakspeare , and , by Ben Jonson , the understanding gentle- men of the ground . Between this class of spec- tators , and the ...
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... common . The suspension of the sun , in a cloud like- wise suspended , must have been skilfully ex- ecuted indeed , if it did not carry with it the appearance of absurdity ; but the sun certainly was exhibited in that way before her ...
... common . The suspension of the sun , in a cloud like- wise suspended , must have been skilfully ex- ecuted indeed , if it did not carry with it the appearance of absurdity ; but the sun certainly was exhibited in that way before her ...
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... common . In the last act of Romeo and Juliet the interest centres entirely in the descent of the hero into a tomb ; and in the historical plays , so much in favour on the early stage , the frequent mention of the walls of towns ...
... common . In the last act of Romeo and Juliet the interest centres entirely in the descent of the hero into a tomb ; and in the historical plays , so much in favour on the early stage , the frequent mention of the walls of towns ...
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The Life of Shakespeare: Enquiries Into the Originality of His ..., Volume 1 Augustine Skottowe Visualização completa - 1824 |
The life of Shakspeare; enquiries into the originality of his dramatic plots ... Augustine Skottowe Visualização completa - 1824 |
The Life of Shakespeare: Enquiries Into the Originality of His ..., Volume 1 Augustine Skottowe Visualização completa - 1824 |
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