ShakspereMacmillan, 1893 - 167 pages |
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... Queen or some great nobles . ( 4 ) There were tragedies , and in some of these ele- ments of real tragic grandeur existed ; but they were marred by much crudeness and extravagance , by a revelling 6 [ CHAP . SHAKSPERE .
... Queen or some great nobles . ( 4 ) There were tragedies , and in some of these ele- ments of real tragic grandeur existed ; but they were marred by much crudeness and extravagance , by a revelling 6 [ CHAP . SHAKSPERE .
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... existed . 14. Chettle's Reference to Shakspere . - Some three months later , in December , 1592 , a pamphlet by Henry Chettle appeared , entitled Kind - Harts Dream . It seems that Marlowe and Shakspere took offence at passages in ...
... existed . 14. Chettle's Reference to Shakspere . - Some three months later , in December , 1592 , a pamphlet by Henry Chettle appeared , entitled Kind - Harts Dream . It seems that Marlowe and Shakspere took offence at passages in ...
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... existed when Romeo and Juliet first appeared , at the Globe it would probably have been performed . Such is the evidence for determining the chronology of Shakspere's plays derived from sources lying outside the text of the plays ...
... existed when Romeo and Juliet first appeared , at the Globe it would probably have been performed . Such is the evidence for determining the chronology of Shakspere's plays derived from sources lying outside the text of the plays ...
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... existed at an earlier date , no translation was published before that of Yonge , in 1598. The story had probably been dramatised before Shakspere's play , for we read in the accounts of the revels of The History of Felix and Philomena ...
... existed at an earlier date , no translation was published before that of Yonge , in 1598. The story had probably been dramatised before Shakspere's play , for we read in the accounts of the revels of The History of Felix and Philomena ...
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... existed anywhere in English literature before Shakspere . The tiny elves , to whom a cowslip is tall , for whom the third part of a minute is an important division of time , have a miniature perfection which is charming . They delight ...
... existed anywhere in English literature before Shakspere . The tiny elves , to whom a cowslip is tall , for whom the third part of a minute is an important division of time , have a miniature perfection which is charming . They delight ...
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