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It might be inferred from a passage in the address 'to the Reader,' that 'A Woman is a Weathercock' was written some time before it was printed; and from the dedication of the same play, we learn that Field's 'Amends for Ladies,' if not then also finished, was fully contemplated by the author under that title.
...I send a comedy to you here, as good as I could then make; nor slight my presentation, because it is a play; for I tell thee, reader, if thou be'st ignorant, a play is not so idle a thing as thou art, but a mirror of men's lives and actions; nor, be it perfect or imperfect, true or false, is the vice or virtue of the maker.
About William Carew Hazlitt, the Author:
He published further contributions to the subject in Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English Literature made during the years 1893-1903 (1903), and a Manual for the Collector and Amateur of Old English Plays ...
...London: Reeves and Turner, 1876. detailed bibliographical entries on many early English printed books; followed by Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English Literature, 1474-1700, 2nd series (London: Quaritch, 1882); 3rd series (London: Quaritch, 1892); 4th series (London: Quaritch, 1903).
This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by William Carew Hazlitt, which is now, at last, again available to you.
Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have A Select Collection of Old English Plays Originally published by Robert Dodsley in the year 1744 in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, eReader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW.
Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside A Select Collection of Old English Plays Originally published by Robert Dodsley in the year 1744:
Look inside the book:
It might be inferred from a passage in the address 'to the Reader,' that 'A Woman is a Weathercock' was written some time before it was printed; and from the dedication of the same play, we learn that Field's 'Amends for Ladies,' if not then also finished, was fully contemplated by the author under that title.
...I send a comedy to you here, as good as I could then make; nor slight my presentation, because it is a play; for I tell thee, reader, if thou be'st ignorant, a play is not so idle a thing as thou art, but a mirror of men's lives and actions; nor, be it perfect or imperfect, true or false, is the vice or virtue of the maker.
About William Carew Hazlitt, the Author:
He published further contributions to the subject in Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English Literature made during the years 1893-1903 (1903), and a Manual for the Collector and Amateur of Old English Plays ...
...London: Reeves and Turner, 1876. detailed bibliographical entries on many early English printed books; followed by Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English Literature, 1474-1700, 2nd series (London: Quaritch, 1882); 3rd series (London: Quaritch, 1892); 4th series (London: Quaritch, 1903).
A Select Collection of Old English Plays Originally published by Robert Dodsley in the year 1744 - The Original Classic Edition
350
A Select Collection of Old English Plays Originally published by Robert Dodsley in the year 1744 - The Original Classic Edition
350
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781486492923 |
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| Publisher: | Emereo Publishing |
| Publication date: | 03/10/2013 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 350 |
| File size: | 1 MB |