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" His name is printed, as the custom was in those times, amongst those of the other players, before some old plays, but without any particular account of what sort of parts he... "
The Works of Shakespear: In Six Volumes - Page xxxi
by William Shakespeare - 1745
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Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for ...

William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe - 1709 - 1058 pages
...but without any particular Account of what fort of Parts he us'd to play ; and tho' I have inquir'd, I could never meet with any further Account of him...his Performance was the Ghoft in his own Hamlet. I fliould have been much more pleas'd, to have learn'd from fome certain Authority, which was the firft...
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The Life and Death of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Volume 1

William Shakespeare, Wentworth Smith, Nicholas Rowe - 1734 - 84 pages
...without any particular account of what fort of parts he us'd to play; and tho' I have ¡nqnir'd, 1 could never meet with any further account of him this...of his performance was the ghoft in his own Hamlet. 1 (bouid have been much more pleas'd, to have learn'd from fome cenain authority, .which was the firft...
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The tempest. A midsummer-night's dream. The two gentleman of Verona. The ...

William Shakespeare - 1747 - 550 pages
...Aflor, yet as an excellent Writer. His name is printed, as the cuftom was in thofe times, amongft tfooie of the other Players, before fome old Plays, but without...certain authority, which was the firft Play he wrote (a) ; it would be without doubt' a pleafure to any man, curious in things of this kind, to fee and...
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The Works of Shakespear: Tempest ; Midsummer night's dream ; Two gentlemen ...

William Shakespeare - 1747 - 576 pages
...and the natural turn of it to the ftage, loon diftinguifli'd him, if not as an extraordinary Ac~lor, yet as an excellent Writer. His name is printed, as...his Performance was the ghoft in his own Hamlet. I mould have been much more pleas'd, to have learn'd from fome certain authority, which was the firft...
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The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time ..., Volume 1

Robert Shiells, Theophilus Cibber - 1753 - 366 pages
...fort of parts he ufed to play : and Mr. Rowe fays, " that " tho' he very carefully enquired, lie found the " top of his performance was the ghoft in his " own Hamlet." " I fhould have been much more " pleafed," continues Rowe, " to have learned from " fome certain authority which was the firft play...
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A new and general biographical dictionary, Volume 10

New and general biographical dictionary - 1762 - 544 pages
...he ufed to a£t ; and Mr. Rowe fays, that though he enquired, he never could meet with any farther account of him this way, than that the top of his performance was the Ghoft in his own Hamlet. We have no certain authority, which was his firft play : there is a " Romeo and Juliet," dated 1597,'...
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The British Plutarch, Or Biographical Entertainer: Being a Select Collection ...

1762 - 414 pages
...fort of parts he ufed to play ; and Mr. Rowe fays, That, though he very carefully enquired, he found the top of his performance was the ghoft in his own Hamlet. " I fhould have been much more pleafed," continues Rowe, " to have learned, from fome certain authority, which was the firfl play...
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The plays of William Shakespeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 pages
...an extraordinary Actor, yet as an excellent Writer. His name is printed, as the ufto.n was in thole times, amongft thofe of the other Players, before...his Performance was the ghoft in his own Hamlet. I mould have been much more pleas'd, to have learn'd from fome certain authority, which was the firft...
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The works of Shakespear [ed. by H. Blair], in which the beauties observed by ...

William Shakespeare - 1771 - 424 pages
...but without any particular account of what fort of parts he ufed to play : and tho' I have enquired, I could never meet with any further account of him...ghoft in his own Hamlet. I fhould have been much more pleafed, to have learned from fome certain authority, which was the firft play he wrote *. It would...
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Prefaces. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 pages
...but without any particular account of what fort of parts he ufed to play; and though I have enquired, I could never meet with any further account of him...Ghoft in his own Hamlet. I fhould have been much more pleafed, to have learned from fome certain authority, which was the firft play he wrote *; it would...
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