The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: Comprehending a Life of the Poet, and an Enlarged History of the Stage, Volume 16 |
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Page 272
And that the vintners played tricks with it , appears from Falstaff's charge in the
text . It does not seem to be at present known ; the sweet wine so called , being
apparently of a quite different nature . Ritson . That the sweet wine at present
called ...
And that the vintners played tricks with it , appears from Falstaff's charge in the
text . It does not seem to be at present known ; the sweet wine so called , being
apparently of a quite different nature . Ritson . That the sweet wine at present
called ...
Page 295
The farms thereabouts are chiefly tenanted by graziers . Some ox of an unusual
size was , I suppose , roasted there on an occasion of publick festivity , or
exposed for money to publick show . This place likewise appears to have been
noted for ...
The farms thereabouts are chiefly tenanted by graziers . Some ox of an unusual
size was , I suppose , roasted there on an occasion of publick festivity , or
exposed for money to publick show . This place likewise appears to have been
noted for ...
Page 412
From the following passage in The Meeting of Gallants at an Ordinaire , or the
Walkes in Powles , quarto , 1604 , it appears that Sir John Oldcastle was
represented on the stage as a very fat man ( certainly not in the play printed with
that title in ...
From the following passage in The Meeting of Gallants at an Ordinaire , or the
Walkes in Powles , quarto , 1604 , it appears that Sir John Oldcastle was
represented on the stage as a very fat man ( certainly not in the play printed with
that title in ...
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