Prefaces. The tempest. The two gentlemen of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor.- v.2. Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour lost.- v.3. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming the shrew.- v.4. All's well that ends well. Twelfth night. Winter's tale. Macbeth.- v.5 King John. King Richrd II. King Henry IV, parts I-II.- v.6. King Henry V. King Henry VI, parts I-III.- v.7 King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Coriolanus.- v.8. Julius Cæsar. Anthony and Cleopatra. Timon of Athens. Titus Andronicus.- v. 9. Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear.- v. 10. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. OthelloC. Bathurst, 1778 |
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... firft Athens , and then Sicily , which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens , but a modern theatre . By fuppofition , as place is introduced , time may be extended ; the time required by the fable elapfes for the most part ...
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... as old as his earliest plays . This however is cer- It appears from the induction of Ben Jonfon's Bartholomew Fair to have been acted before the year 1590 . STEEVENS , tain , that he is the firft who taught either tain , 38 PREFACE .
... as old as his earliest plays . This however is cer- It appears from the induction of Ben Jonfon's Bartholomew Fair to have been acted before the year 1590 . STEEVENS , tain , that he is the firft who taught either tain , 38 PREFACE .
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... firft who taught either tragedy or comedy to please , there being no theatrical piece of any older writer , of which the name is known , ex- cept to antiquaries and collectors of books , which are fought because they are fcarce , and ...
... firft who taught either tragedy or comedy to please , there being no theatrical piece of any older writer , of which the name is known , ex- cept to antiquaries and collectors of books , which are fought because they are fcarce , and ...
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... firft . Of his notes I have generally retained those which he retained himself in his fecond edition , except when they were confuted by fubfequent annotators , or were too minute to merit prefervation . I have fometimes adopted his ...
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... firft claimant , for his right , and his alone , stands above difpute ; the fecond can prove his pretenfions only to himself , nor can himself always diftinguish invention , with fufficient certainty , from recollection . They have all ...
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