Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... acted Phaedra , complaining to him at the rehearsal that she thought her exit in the third act too tame , he told her he would add something to it . While taking two or three turns across the stage he made the six following lines ...
... acted Phaedra , complaining to him at the rehearsal that she thought her exit in the third act too tame , he told her he would add something to it . While taking two or three turns across the stage he made the six following lines ...
Page 67
... acted only once a year , on the night when king William landed 2 . Our quarrel with Lewis has been long over , and it now gratifies neither zeal nor malice to see him painted with aggravated features , like a Saracen upon a sign . The ...
... acted only once a year , on the night when king William landed 2 . Our quarrel with Lewis has been long over , and it now gratifies neither zeal nor malice to see him painted with aggravated features , like a Saracen upon a sign . The ...
Page 68
... praised and starves ) . JUVENAL , Sat. i . 74 . ' It was produced on Nov. 25 , 1707 , and acted seven times . ' Cunning- ham's Lives of the Poets , ii . 108 . in imitation of Cranmer's prophetick promises to Henry the Eighth 68 ROWE.
... praised and starves ) . JUVENAL , Sat. i . 74 . ' It was produced on Nov. 25 , 1707 , and acted seven times . ' Cunning- ham's Lives of the Poets , ii . 108 . in imitation of Cranmer's prophetick promises to Henry the Eighth 68 ROWE.
Page 69
... acted nineteen times . Genest's Hist . of the Stage , ii . 524 . The title is The Tragedy of Jane Shore . Written in Imitation of Shakespeare's Style . ' I have seen a play professedly writ in the style of Shakespeare , wherein the ...
... acted nineteen times . Genest's Hist . of the Stage , ii . 524 . The title is The Tragedy of Jane Shore . Written in Imitation of Shakespeare's Style . ' I have seen a play professedly writ in the style of Shakespeare , wherein the ...
Page 78
... acted on the 4th and 5th of November , the anniversaries of King William's birth and landing . ' Walpole's Works , i . 26. See also his Letters , ii . 67 . In Dublin ' Nov. 4 was made a Government Night , when the Lord Lieutenant ...
... acted on the 4th and 5th of November , the anniversaries of King William's birth and landing . ' Walpole's Works , i . 26. See also his Letters , ii . 67 . In Dublin ' Nov. 4 was made a Government Night , when the Lord Lieutenant ...
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