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... Dryden's noble play " All for Love . " The last of the four , a tragedy by G. Conrad ( the assumed name , we are told , of Prince George of Prussia ) appeared in 1868 . What is merely suggested in Shakespeare is developed by Conrad into ...
... Dryden's noble play " All for Love . " The last of the four , a tragedy by G. Conrad ( the assumed name , we are told , of Prince George of Prussia ) appeared in 1868 . What is merely suggested in Shakespeare is developed by Conrad into ...
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... Dryden's tragedy " All for Love , " presenting the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra , he will appreciate the power which the play secures through its concentration , its unity . A more modern illustration would be Brown- ing's tragedy ...
... Dryden's tragedy " All for Love , " presenting the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra , he will appreciate the power which the play secures through its concentration , its unity . A more modern illustration would be Brown- ing's tragedy ...
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... a true appreciation of Shake- speare at an early date is an incident which Munro put 1I , 364-65 . The punctuation has been altered . " before 1633. " It was referred to by Dryden HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE'S REPUTATION 193 65.
... a true appreciation of Shake- speare at an early date is an incident which Munro put 1I , 364-65 . The punctuation has been altered . " before 1633. " It was referred to by Dryden HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE'S REPUTATION 193 65.
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Albert Harris Tolman. " before 1633. " It was referred to by Dryden in 1668 , and recounted in full by Charles Gildon in 1694 , but I give it as told by Rowe in the first Life of Shakespeare , 1709 . In a conversation between Sir John ...
Albert Harris Tolman. " before 1633. " It was referred to by Dryden in 1668 , and recounted in full by Charles Gildon in 1694 , but I give it as told by Rowe in the first Life of Shakespeare , 1709 . In a conversation between Sir John ...
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... Dryden tells us in 1668 that two of the plays of Beau- mont and Fletcher were acted for one play of Shakespeare or Jonson . * However , it is plain that Shakespeare's general popu- larity remained very great . The publishers of the ...
... Dryden tells us in 1668 that two of the plays of Beau- mont and Fletcher were acted for one play of Shakespeare or Jonson . * However , it is plain that Shakespeare's general popu- larity remained very great . The publishers of the ...
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Page 35 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He, that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his friends, And say — to-morrow is Saint Crispian : Then will he strip his sleeve, and show his scars, And say, these wounds I had on Crispin's day.
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Page 60 - Not to-day, O Lord, O, not to-day, think not upon the fault My father made in compassing the crown ! I Richard's body have interred new ; And on it have bestow'd more contrite tears, Than from it issued forced drops of blood. Five hundred poor I have in yearly pay, Who twice...
Page 85 - The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Page 35 - This story shall the good man teach his son ; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered, We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother.