 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 780 pages
...a clock were to speak, not strike. So,1f a child could be born in a play, and grow up to a man, i' the first scene, before he went off the stage : and...knight to travel between the acts, and do wonders i' the Holy Land or elsewhere ; kill Paynim*, wild boars, dun cows, and other monsters ; beget him... | |
 | George Campbell Macaulay - Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616 - 1883 - 264 pages
...sympathized heartily with Beaumont's satire : " If a child could be born in a play, and grow up to a man in the first scene before he went off the stage : and then after to come forth as a squire, and be made a knight : and that knight to travel between the acts, and do wonders in the... | |
 | Emil Koeppel - English drama - 1906 - 256 pages
...eine übermäßig reiche Handlung fordere : So, if a child could be born in a play, and grow up to a man, in the first scene, before he went off the...in the Holy Land or elsewhere; kill Paynims, wild boars,.dun cows, and other monsters ; beget him a reputation, and marry an emperor's daughter for his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1907 - 476 pages
...profusion of adventures and surprising encounters : " So if a child could be born in a play, and grow up to a man, in the first scene before he went off the stage,...squire and be made a knight, and that knight to travel . . ."B All this is too far from truth : " Stand for truth and 'tis enough."6 He ironically represents... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1908 - 442 pages
...the first scene, before he went off the stage : and then after to come forth a squire, and be made a knight to travel between the acts, and do wonders...reputation, and marry an emperor's daughter for his mistress ; and at last come home lame, and all-to-be-laden with miracles.1 He says elsewhere that he would have... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1908 - 482 pages
...miracles upon the stage are what please the people, so if a child could be born in a play, and grow up to a man, in the first scene, before he went off the...after to come forth a squire, and be made a knight to travel between the acts, and do wonders in the Holy Land, or elsewhere ; kill Paynims. wild boars,... | |
 | 1908 - 446 pages
...miracles upon the stage are what please the people, so if a child could be born in a play, and grow up to a man, in the first scene, before he went off the...after to come forth a squire, and be made a knight to travel between the acts, and do wonders in the Holy Land, or elsewhere ; kill Paynims, wild boars,... | |
 | Phoebe Sheavyn - Authors, English - 1909 - 264 pages
...scoffingly describes the taste of "the people." " If a child could be born in a play, and grow up to a man, in the first scene, before he went off the...marry an emperor's daughter for his mistress; convert his father's country, and at last come home, and all-to-be laden with miracles. . . . These miracles... | |
 | Joseph Gutmann - Drama - 1913 - 112 pages
...©pradjro^r, üüer á'^nlidje ©ebrändje fpöttelt: ,,So if а child conld be born in a play, and grow np to a man, in the first scene, before he went off the stage: and then after to come forth a sqnire and be made a knight: and that knight to travel between the acts , and do wonders in the Holy... | |
 | Ben Jonson - Arbitration, Industrial - 1914 - 298 pages
...to fpeake, not ftrike. So, if a Child could be borne, in a Play, and grow up to a man, i' the firft Scene, before he went off the Stage : and then after to come forth a Squire, and bee made a Knight : and that Knight to travell betweene a0 the Acts, and doe wonders i' the holy land... | |
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... scene, before he went off the stage : and then after to come forth a squire, and be made a knight : and that knight to travel between the acts, and do wonders... 
