Chamber's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 1 |
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... plays were acted . The first performance over , the pageant would be dragged through the streets to the second station , and then the play repeated . York each play was performed twelve times , and occasionally oftener , the choice of ...
... plays were acted . The first performance over , the pageant would be dragged through the streets to the second station , and then the play repeated . York each play was performed twelve times , and occasionally oftener , the choice of ...
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... play before the banquet will be excel- lent , ' says More , and from seven which they offer him he chooses the Marriage of Witt and Wise- dome , but is really served with a version of Lusty Juventus . When the play should begin , the ...
... play before the banquet will be excel- lent , ' says More , and from seven which they offer him he chooses the Marriage of Witt and Wise- dome , but is really served with a version of Lusty Juventus . When the play should begin , the ...
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... play by John Heywood , The Play of the Wether , is almost equally argumentative , but has a good deal more stage bustle about it . Jupiter comes down to earth to hear petitions about the weather , engaging an amusing knave , Mery Report ...
... play by John Heywood , The Play of the Wether , is almost equally argumentative , but has a good deal more stage bustle about it . Jupiter comes down to earth to hear petitions about the weather , engaging an amusing knave , Mery Report ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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