The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 1R. Cadell, 1834 - Demonology |
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... written in blank verse . The Dedica- tion contains two remarkable errors : The author mistakes the title of " Ferrex and Porrex , " a play written by Sackville Lord Buckhurst , and Norton ; and he ascribes to Shakspeare the first ...
... written in blank verse . The Dedica- tion contains two remarkable errors : The author mistakes the title of " Ferrex and Porrex , " a play written by Sackville Lord Buckhurst , and Norton ; and he ascribes to Shakspeare the first ...
Page 134
... written by Richard Leigh , educated at Queen's College , Oxford , where he entered in 1665 , and was probably resident when this piece was there published . He was after- wards a player in the Duke's Company , but must be carefully ...
... written by Richard Leigh , educated at Queen's College , Oxford , where he entered in 1665 , and was probably resident when this piece was there published . He was after- wards a player in the Duke's Company , but must be carefully ...
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... written while he was a boy , and is very bad . All his plays are printed in the order that they were written . " - POPE - Spence's Anecdotes , ( Malone , ) p . 111 . " Of all the tragedies of Dryden , two only rise above the level of ...
... written while he was a boy , and is very bad . All his plays are printed in the order that they were written . " - POPE - Spence's Anecdotes , ( Malone , ) p . 111 . " Of all the tragedies of Dryden , two only rise above the level of ...
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THE LIFE OF JOHN DRYDEN | xi |
Revival of the Drama at the Restoration | 55 |
Heroic PlaysThe RehearsalMarriage | 101 |
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