She was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff, in The Two Parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to shew him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his writing The Merry Wives of... The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select - Sida 74efter Reuben Percy - 1826Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 318 sidor
...brought in, and very handsomely applied to her. She was so well pleased with that admirable charafter of Falstaff, in The two Parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to shew him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1798 - 306 sidor
...Elizabeth," says a writer of Shakspeare's life, " was so well pleas'd with that admirable character of Falstaff, in the two parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to shew him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his... | |
| Stephen Jones - 1799 - 456 sidor
...engaged nor d«*eivtd his attention ; it was Elizabeth was so much pleased with the delightful charadcr of Sir John Falstaff, in the two parts of " Henry...the author to continue it for one play more, and to shew the knight in love; which he executed inimitably, in " The Merry'Wives of Windsor."The names of... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 sidor
...brought in, and very handsomely applied to her. She was so well pleased with that admirable character of FalstafF, in The Two Parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play rnore, and to show him in love. This is said to, b$ the occasion of... | |
| Stephen Jones - 1805 - 470 sidor
...said, that queen Elizabeth was so much pleased with the delightful charaâer of Sir John FalstafT, in the two parts of " Henry the Fourth," that she...the author to continue it for one play more, and to sbew the knight in love; which he executed inimitably, in " The Merry Wives of Windsor." The names... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 sidor
...brought in, and very handsomely applied to ner. She was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff, in "The two Parts of Henry the Fourth," that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to shew him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his... | |
| William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 sidor
...brought in, and very handsomely applied to her. She was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff, in The Two Parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to shew him. in love. This is said to be the occasion of... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 sidor
...brought in, and very handsomely applied to her. She was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff, in The Two Parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play more,* and to show him in love. This is said to be the occasion of... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 sidor
...Elizabeth," says a writer of Shakspeare's life, "was so well pleas'd with that admirable character of Falstaff, in the two parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to shew him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 sidor
...brought in, and very handsomely applied to her. She was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff, in The Two Parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to shew him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his... | |
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