The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: pt. 2. Historical account of the English stage. Emendations and additions. Tempest. Two gentlemen of VeronaH. Baldwin, 1790 |
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... Henry the fecond , mentions , that " London , for its theatrical exhibitions , has religious plays , either the representations of miracles wrought by holy confeffors , or the fufferings of martyrs 4. " Mr. Warton has remarked , that ...
... Henry the fecond , mentions , that " London , for its theatrical exhibitions , has religious plays , either the representations of miracles wrought by holy confeffors , or the fufferings of martyrs 4. " Mr. Warton has remarked , that ...
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... Henry the feventh kept his refidence at the caftle of Winchester , on occafion of the birth of prince Arthur , on a Sunday , during the time of dinner , he was entertained with a religious drama called Chrifti Defcenfus ad inferos , or ...
... Henry the feventh kept his refidence at the caftle of Winchester , on occafion of the birth of prince Arthur , on a Sunday , during the time of dinner , he was entertained with a religious drama called Chrifti Defcenfus ad inferos , or ...
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... Henry IV . which lafted for eight days . The book feems by the character and language to be at least 300 years old . It begins with a general prologue , giving the arguments of forty pageants or gesti- culations , ( which were as fo ...
... Henry IV . which lafted for eight days . The book feems by the character and language to be at least 300 years old . It begins with a general prologue , giving the arguments of forty pageants or gesti- culations , ( which were as fo ...
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... Henry the Seventh in 1487 ; adding , that this is the only inftance he has met with of choir - boys performing in Myfteries ; but it appears from the accompts of various monafteries that this was a very ancient practice , pro- bably co ...
... Henry the Seventh in 1487 ; adding , that this is the only inftance he has met with of choir - boys performing in Myfteries ; but it appears from the accompts of various monafteries that this was a very ancient practice , pro- bably co ...
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... Henry the Seventh at Winchester in 1487. Sixteen years afterwards , on the first Sunday after the marriage of his daughter with king James of Scotland , a Morality was performed . In the early part of the reign of king Henry the 3 See ...
... Henry the Seventh at Winchester in 1487. Sixteen years afterwards , on the first Sunday after the marriage of his daughter with king James of Scotland , a Morality was performed . In the early part of the reign of king Henry the 3 See ...
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