Shakspere: His Times and ContemporariesG. Kershaw and son, 1852 - 224 pages |
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... stage indeed accomplishes " the purpose of playing , " which his own " Hamlet " ( act iii . , scene 2nd , ) so judiciously tells us , " both at first , and now , was , and is , to hold , as ' twere , the mirror up to Nature ; to show ...
... stage indeed accomplishes " the purpose of playing , " which his own " Hamlet " ( act iii . , scene 2nd , ) so judiciously tells us , " both at first , and now , was , and is , to hold , as ' twere , the mirror up to Nature ; to show ...
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... stage ? And let not those men who wish well to humanity , and are disgusted with the present degraded condition of our theatres , set their faces against dramatic representations altogether , but rather fight manfully for their ...
... stage ? And let not those men who wish well to humanity , and are disgusted with the present degraded condition of our theatres , set their faces against dramatic representations altogether , but rather fight manfully for their ...
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... stage , immortal Shakspere rose ; Each change of many colour'd life he drew , Exhausted worlds , and then imagined new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign , And panting Time toil'd after him in vain . His powerful strokes ...
... stage , immortal Shakspere rose ; Each change of many colour'd life he drew , Exhausted worlds , and then imagined new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign , And panting Time toil'd after him in vain . His powerful strokes ...
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... stage . The author of the play was Ezekiel , the tragic poet of the Jews . Warton supposes that he wrote it after the destruction of Jerusalem , as a political spectacle to animate his dispersed brethren with the hopes of a future ...
... stage . The author of the play was Ezekiel , the tragic poet of the Jews . Warton supposes that he wrote it after the destruction of Jerusalem , as a political spectacle to animate his dispersed brethren with the hopes of a future ...
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... stage ; and sometimes the representations took place in the church- yard . The church ornaments appear to have been used for theatrical property , and Sundays and holy - days were the times chosen for the exhibition . Thus Chaucer's ...
... stage ; and sometimes the representations took place in the church- yard . The church ornaments appear to have been used for theatrical property , and Sundays and holy - days were the times chosen for the exhibition . Thus Chaucer's ...
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