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" She was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff, in The Two Parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to shew him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his writing The Merry Wives of... "
The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select - Page 74
by Reuben Percy - 1826
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The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere: With the Notes of All ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 318 pages
...brought in, and very handsomely applied to her. She was so well pleased with that admirable charafter of Falstaff, in The two Parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to shew him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his...
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The poems of William Shakspeare, with mr. Capell's History of the ..., Volume 18

William Shakespeare - 1798 - 306 pages
...Elizabeth," says a writer of Shakspeare's life, " was so well pleas'd with that admirable character of Falstaff, in the two parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to shew him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his...
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A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and ...

Stephen Jones - Biography - 1799 - 456 pages
...engaged nor d«*eivtd his attention ; it was Elizabeth was so much pleased with the delightful charadcr of Sir John Falstaff, in the two parts of " Henry...the author to continue it for one play more, and to shew the knight in love; which he executed inimitably, in " The Merry'Wives of Windsor."The names of...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...brought in, and very handsomely applied to her. She was so well pleased with that admirable character of FalstafF, in The Two Parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play rnore, and to show him in love. This is said to, b$ the occasion of...
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A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and ...

Stephen Jones - Biography - 1805 - 470 pages
...said, that queen Elizabeth was so much pleased with the delightful charaâer of Sir John FalstafT, in the two parts of " Henry the Fourth," that she...the author to continue it for one play more, and to sbew the knight in love; which he executed inimitably, in " The Merry Wives of Windsor." The names...
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The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted ...

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...brought in, and very handsomely applied to ner. She was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff, in "The two Parts of Henry the Fourth," that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to shew him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pages
...brought in, and very handsomely applied to her. She was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff, in The Two Parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to shew him. in love. This is said to be the occasion of...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...brought in, and very handsomely applied to her. She was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff, in The Two Parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play more,* and to show him in love. This is said to be the occasion of...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...Elizabeth," says a writer of Shakspeare's life, "was so well pleas'd with that admirable character of Falstaff, in the two parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to shew him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 pages
...brought in, and very handsomely applied to her. She was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff, in The Two Parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to shew him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his...
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