The Life of Shakespeare: Enquiries Into the Originality of His Dramatic Plots and Characters; and Essays on the Ancient Theatres and Theatrical Usages, 1. köideLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824 |
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... actions , that they appear always to have formed one consistent whole . The characters of Shakspeare's absolute creation are as many as those which he pre- pared on previous hints ; and , though his serious dramas far outnumber his ...
... actions , that they appear always to have formed one consistent whole . The characters of Shakspeare's absolute creation are as many as those which he pre- pared on previous hints ; and , though his serious dramas far outnumber his ...
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... action for debt . The precise state of his affairs during the ten suc- ceeding years is not known , but it does not seem likely , from his describing himself in 1597 as of " very small wealth and very few friends , " that the sun of ...
... action for debt . The precise state of his affairs during the ten suc- ceeding years is not known , but it does not seem likely , from his describing himself in 1597 as of " very small wealth and very few friends , " that the sun of ...
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... of a plot comprehending one great design , nor of a plot consisting of several actions emanating from the same source , or combining for the promotion of the same end , consistent with , though varying from 16 THE LIFE OF SHAKSPEARE .
... of a plot comprehending one great design , nor of a plot consisting of several actions emanating from the same source , or combining for the promotion of the same end , consistent with , though varying from 16 THE LIFE OF SHAKSPEARE .
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... actions and their results , which a lapse of time only could produce , stand in immediate contact , so that the passing ... action by narrative or ex- planation , and sometimes performing the office of a moral commentator on the passing ...
... actions and their results , which a lapse of time only could produce , stand in immediate contact , so that the passing ... action by narrative or ex- planation , and sometimes performing the office of a moral commentator on the passing ...
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... action , the varieties of which were proclaimed by the removal of one board and the substitution of another : a table with a pen and ink thrust in , signified that the stage was a counting house ; if THE LIFE OF SHAKSPEARE . 29.
... action , the varieties of which were proclaimed by the removal of one board and the substitution of another : a table with a pen and ink thrust in , signified that the stage was a counting house ; if THE LIFE OF SHAKSPEARE . 29.
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