 | History - 1781 - 732 pages
...numerous company; but it is doubtful whether they all performed at the fame period, or in the fame houle. Many of the companies certainly were fo thin, that...parts ; and a battle, on which the fate of an empire -.vas fuppofed to depend, was decided by half a dozen combatants. It appears to have been a common... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1788 - 762 pages
...numerous company ; but it is doubtful whether they all performed at the fame period, or kn tbe fame houfe. Many of the companies certainly were fo thin, that...of an empire was fuppofed to depend, was decided by haif a dozen combatants. It appears to have been a common practice, in their mock engagements, to difcharge... | |
 | History - 1788 - 734 pages
...numerous company; but it is doubtful whether they all performed at the fame period, or in the fame houfe. Many of the companies certainly were fo thin, that...three parts; and a battle, on which the fate of an icmpire was fuppofed to depend, was decided by half a do- ' zen combatants. It appears to have been... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1790 - 672 pages
...fame houfe4. Many of the companies, in the infancy of the ftage, certainly were fo thin, that the fame perfon played two or three parts * ; and a battle on which the fate of an empire was iuppofcd to depend, was decided by half a dozen com3 See Cotgrave's French Dictionary, 161 1, in v.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 570 pages
...appeared at a fubfequent period, to fuppljr their loft. See the Catalogue of Afiors, poft. the fame perfon played two or three parts ; * and a battle...dozen combatants.* It appears to have been a common practice in their mock engagements, to difcharge fmall pieces of ordnance on or behind the ftage.'... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English drama - 1793 - 594 pages
...appeared at a fiibfcijuait period, to fupply their lofs. Sec the Catalogue of Aclm, poft, the fame perfon played two or three parts ; » and a battle...was fuppofed to depend, was decided by half a dozen combatants.1 It appears to have been a common practice in their mock engagements, to difcharge fmall... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...were Formerly fo thin, that one perfon played two or three parte ; and a battle on which the frite of an empire was fuppofed to depend was decided by...dozen combatants. It appears to have been a common practice in their mock engagements to difcharce fmall pieces of ordnance on the ftage. Before the exhibition... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 510 pages
...house. Many of the companies, in the infancy of the stage, certainly were so thin, that the same person played two or three parts ; and a battle on which the fate of an empire was supposed to depend, was decided by half a dozen combatants. It appears to have been a common practice... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 526 pages
...house. Many of the companies, in the infancy of the stage, certainly were so thin, that the same person played two or three parts ; and a battle on which the fate of an empire was supposed to depend, was decided by half a dozen combatants. It appears to have been a common practice... | |
 | William Pulleyn - London (England) - 1830 - 402 pages
...anciently termed the heavens. Many of the companies of the players were formerly so thin, that one person played two or three parts ; and a battle, on which the fate of an empire was supposed to depend, was decided by half a dozen combatants. The person who spoke the prologue was ushered... | |
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Many of the companies of player* were formerly so thin, that one person played two or three parts ; and a battle, on which the fate of an empire was supposed to depend, was decided by half a dozen combatants. It appears to have been a common practice... 
