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7 The Merry Devil of Edmonton is mentioned in the Blacke Booke by T. M. 1604 : " Give him leave to fec The Merry Divel of Edmunton , or A Woman killd with Kindnese . " STEEVENS . upon St. Stephen's night at Christmas last , by his 10 ON ...
7 The Merry Devil of Edmonton is mentioned in the Blacke Booke by T. M. 1604 : " Give him leave to fec The Merry Divel of Edmunton , or A Woman killd with Kindnese . " STEEVENS . upon St. Stephen's night at Christmas last , by his 10 ON ...
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After having enumerated several authors who were then celebrated for various kinds of compofition , he gives this succinct account of those who had written for the stage : Of the latter fort I thinke thus ; that for tragedie , the Lord ...
After having enumerated several authors who were then celebrated for various kinds of compofition , he gives this succinct account of those who had written for the stage : Of the latter fort I thinke thus ; that for tragedie , the Lord ...
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“ Wonder not , ” ( says Greene , ) “ for with thee will I first begin , thou famous gracer of tragedians , that Greene , ( who hath said with thee , like the foole in his heart , there is no God , ) should now give glory unto his ...
“ Wonder not , ” ( says Greene , ) “ for with thee will I first begin , thou famous gracer of tragedians , that Greene , ( who hath said with thee , like the foole in his heart , there is no God , ) should now give glory unto his ...
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The praise which Ben Jonson gives to Shakspeare , that he “ outshines Marlowe and Kyd , on this hypothesis , will . 8 לל 8 Kyd was also , I suspect , the author of the old plays of Hamlet , and of King Leir . See p . 111 .
The praise which Ben Jonson gives to Shakspeare , that he “ outshines Marlowe and Kyd , on this hypothesis , will . 8 לל 8 Kyd was also , I suspect , the author of the old plays of Hamlet , and of King Leir . See p . 111 .
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this comedy furnish an example of the measure I allude to : “ ' Twas I won the wager , though you hit the white , " And being a winner , God give you good night . “ Now go thy ways , thou hait tam'd a curst shrew " s ?
this comedy furnish an example of the measure I allude to : “ ' Twas I won the wager , though you hit the white , " And being a winner , God give you good night . “ Now go thy ways , thou hait tam'd a curst shrew " s ?
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 2 The Plays of William Shakspeare, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Printed and fold by J.J. Tourneisen, 1799 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 8 Sep 2011 |
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