Bell's Edition of Shakespeare's Plays,: As They are Now Performed at the Theatres Royal in London; : Regulated from the Prompt Books of Each House by Permission; with Notes Critical and Illustrative; by the Authors of the Dramatic Censor, Volume 6John Bell ... and C. Etherington at York, 1774 |
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Page 157
... fo disjointed a fubject , as that of the following drama ; there is a confiderable share of poetical merit in this preamble , DRAMATIS PERSONE AGAMEMNON . MENELAUS ACHILLES . PATROCLUS . THERSITES [ 157 ] PROLOGUE*. ...
... fo disjointed a fubject , as that of the following drama ; there is a confiderable share of poetical merit in this preamble , DRAMATIS PERSONE AGAMEMNON . MENELAUS ACHILLES . PATROCLUS . THERSITES [ 157 ] PROLOGUE*. ...
Page 158
... ACHILLES . PATROCLUS . THERSITES . ULYSSES . NESTOR . AJAX . DIOMEDEST CALCHAS . Servant to DIOMEDES PRIAM : HECTOR . PARIS TROILUS . HELENUS . DEIPHOBUS .. MARGARELON .. ANEAS . PANDARUS , Uncle to Creffida . Serv . to Creffida ; Serv ...
... ACHILLES . PATROCLUS . THERSITES . ULYSSES . NESTOR . AJAX . DIOMEDEST CALCHAS . Servant to DIOMEDES PRIAM : HECTOR . PARIS TROILUS . HELENUS . DEIPHOBUS .. MARGARELON .. ANEAS . PANDARUS , Uncle to Creffida . Serv . to Creffida ; Serv ...
Page 170
... Achilles ; a better man than Troilus . " Pan . Achilles ? a drayman , a porter , a very camel . " Cre . Well , well . " Pan . Well , well ? Why , have you any discretion ? have you any eyes ? do you know what a man is ? Is " not birth ...
... Achilles ; a better man than Troilus . " Pan . Achilles ? a drayman , a porter , a very camel . " Cre . Well , well . " Pan . Well , well ? Why , have you any discretion ? have you any eyes ? do you know what a man is ? Is " not birth ...
Page 175
... Achilles , -whom opinion crowns The finew and the forehand of our hoft , Having his ear full of his airy fame , Grows dainty of his worth , and in his tent Lies mocking our defigns : With him , Patroclus ,, Upon a lazy bed , the ...
... Achilles , -whom opinion crowns The finew and the forehand of our hoft , Having his ear full of his airy fame , Grows dainty of his worth , and in his tent Lies mocking our defigns : With him , Patroclus ,, Upon a lazy bed , the ...
Page 176
... Achilles ftill eries , Excellent ! ' Tis Neftor right : Now play him me , Patroclus , Arming to anfwer in a night alarms And then , forfooth , the faint defects of age Must be the scene of mirth ; to cough , and spity And , with a palfy ...
... Achilles ftill eries , Excellent ! ' Tis Neftor right : Now play him me , Patroclus , Arming to anfwer in a night alarms And then , forfooth , the faint defects of age Must be the scene of mirth ; to cough , and spity And , with a palfy ...
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Achilles Agamemnon Ajax Antony Baptifta Becauſe Bianca Biondello Cæfar Cafar Calchas Charmian Cleopatra Creffida Diomed doth Duke Enobarbus Enter Eros Exeunt Exit eyes fame father fcene fhall fhew fhould fifter fome fool fpeak ftand ftill ftrange fuch Fulvia fweet fword gentleman give Grumio hath hear heart Hector himſelf honour Hortenfio houſe i'the itſelf Kate kifs lady lord Lucentio madam mafter Mark Antony Menelaus miſtreſs moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Padua Pandarus Patroclus Petruchio pleaſe Pompey pray prefent Priam Protheus purpoſe queen reafon ſay SCENE ſhall ſhe Silvia ſpeak ſpirit tell thee thefe Therfites theſe thoſe Thurio Tranio Troilus Trojan Troy Valentine what's whofe yourſelf
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