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But Apollo had seen his face on the stage , And prudently did not think fit to engage The scum of a play - house , for the prop of an age . Don Carlos , from which he is represented as having received so much benefit , was played in ...
But Apollo had seen his face on the stage , And prudently did not think fit to engage The scum of a play - house , for the prop of an age . Don Carlos , from which he is represented as having received so much benefit , was played in ...
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The Tempest is an alteration of Shakespeare's play , made by Dryden in conjunction with Davenant , ' whom , says he , ' I found of so quick a fancy , that nothing was proposed to him in which he could not suddenly produce a thought ...
The Tempest is an alteration of Shakespeare's play , made by Dryden in conjunction with Davenant , ' whom , says he , ' I found of so quick a fancy , that nothing was proposed to him in which he could not suddenly produce a thought ...
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This play was written in the second Dutch war in 1673 . Troilus and Cressida is a play altered from Shakespeare ; but so altered that even in Langbaine's opinion , the last scene in the third act is a masterpiece .
This play was written in the second Dutch war in 1673 . Troilus and Cressida is a play altered from Shakespeare ; but so altered that even in Langbaine's opinion , the last scene in the third act is a masterpiece .
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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