Commentaries on the Historical Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1840 - Historical drama, English |
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... reason to believe that either Edward or his father contemplated hostilities , before the queen put herself in warlike array . In the battle of Wakefield which ensued , York was defeated , as in the play , and put to death , though there ...
... reason to believe that either Edward or his father contemplated hostilities , before the queen put herself in warlike array . In the battle of Wakefield which ensued , York was defeated , as in the play , and put to death , though there ...
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... reason of the inferior birth of the lady . Nevertheless , we are told , Elizabeth Grey was , at Michaelmas 1461 , presented to the nobles as queen , by Clarence and Warwick . * Shakspeare closes this scene with the first of the speeches ...
... reason of the inferior birth of the lady . Nevertheless , we are told , Elizabeth Grey was , at Michaelmas 1461 , presented to the nobles as queen , by Clarence and Warwick . * Shakspeare closes this scene with the first of the speeches ...
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... reason to con- clude that the estrangement between Edward and the man to whom he owed so much , arose out of the king's impatience , fomented by the queen's relatives , of the power and influence of Warwick , and Warwick's jealousy of ...
... reason to con- clude that the estrangement between Edward and the man to whom he owed so much , arose out of the king's impatience , fomented by the queen's relatives , of the power and influence of Warwick , and Warwick's jealousy of ...
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... reason to discredit Stow's narrative , that is , Fabyan's , but he intro- duces the king's brothers , who are not mentioned in this narrative , into his tent , with a rather unfair perhaps . Comines says , that Edward was killed in the ...
... reason to discredit Stow's narrative , that is , Fabyan's , but he intro- duces the king's brothers , who are not mentioned in this narrative , into his tent , with a rather unfair perhaps . Comines says , that Edward was killed in the ...
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... reason for believing any part of the story , though there is not - as there seldom can be - any proof of the negative . I have already noticed the anachronisms of Shak- speare , dependant upon the ages of his heroes . His Richard calls ...
... reason for believing any part of the story , though there is not - as there seldom can be - any proof of the negative . I have already noticed the anachronisms of Shak- speare , dependant upon the ages of his heroes . His Richard calls ...
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afterwards Alban's Anne Boleyn Antony appears Archbishop ascribed authority Banquo battle battle of Wakefield Bishop Bosw brother Brutus Buck Buckingham cardinal Cassius Catherine cause character Chronicle Clarence Coleridge Cont Coriolanus Cromwell crown Croyl Croyland daughter death Dion Cassius doubt dramatic dramatist Duke of Gloucester Earl Elizabeth English Fabyan father favour fear France friends Glou grace Hall hath heart Henry VI Henry VIII Henry's Holinshed honour imputation Jameson Johnson Julius Cæsar King Edward King Henry king's Lady Lancastrian Lingard Macb Macbeth Macduff Margaret marriage married mentioned mind murder Neville noble passage persons play plebeians Plutarch poet Polydore Vergil Prince Edward queen reign remark Richard Richard III Richmond Roman Rome says scene Scotland Shak Shakspeare Shakspeare's Sir Thomas Siward slain speak speare speech Stanley story Surry tells Thane thou throne tion Tower truth unto Warwick wife Wolsey Wolsey's Wyntown Wyrc York Yorkists