History of the English Language and Literature [by Robert Chambers]William and Robert Chambers, 1857 - 294 páginas |
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... comedies had become not uncommon . Damon and Pythias , the first English tragedy upon a classical subject , was acted before the queen at Oxford , in 1566 ; it was the composition of Richard Edwards , a learned member of the University ...
... comedies had become not uncommon . Damon and Pythias , the first English tragedy upon a classical subject , was acted before the queen at Oxford , in 1566 ; it was the composition of Richard Edwards , a learned member of the University ...
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... comedies of What you Will , Parasitaster , and The Malcontent , besides some of less merit . The forte of Marston is not sympathy with either the softer or the stronger emotions , but an impatient scorn and bitter indignation against ...
... comedies of What you Will , Parasitaster , and The Malcontent , besides some of less merit . The forte of Marston is not sympathy with either the softer or the stronger emotions , but an impatient scorn and bitter indignation against ...
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Robert Chambers. WEBSTER . C 49 humour in his comedies , but wants passion and imagina- tion . His All Fools , Widows ' Tears , and Eastward Hoe , are his most esteemed plays of the latter kind ; the last contains the first idea of ...
Robert Chambers. WEBSTER . C 49 humour in his comedies , but wants passion and imagina- tion . His All Fools , Widows ' Tears , and Eastward Hoe , are his most esteemed plays of the latter kind ; the last contains the first idea of ...
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... comedies , two tragedies , and several masques , in which last kind of composition he is allowed to have been unrivalled . He also wrote a variety of short miscellaneous poems . His tragedies , which bear the titles of Cataline , and ...
... comedies , two tragedies , and several masques , in which last kind of composition he is allowed to have been unrivalled . He also wrote a variety of short miscellaneous poems . His tragedies , which bear the titles of Cataline , and ...
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... comedies of Beaumont and Fletcher are , Rule a Wife and Have a Wife , The Chances , The Wild - Goose Chase , and The Night - Walker ; their best tragedies are The False One , The Bloody Brother , The Maid's Tragedy , and Boadicea . The ...
... comedies of Beaumont and Fletcher are , Rule a Wife and Have a Wife , The Chances , The Wild - Goose Chase , and The Night - Walker ; their best tragedies are The False One , The Bloody Brother , The Maid's Tragedy , and Boadicea . The ...
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