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An essay on comedy and the uses of the comic spirit

Meredith, George (1828-1909)

1915

First published in "The New Quarterly Magazine" for April 1877.

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Terenti[us] cu[m] directorio vocabuloru[m] sententiaru[m] artis comice glosa i[n]terlineali come[n]tarijs Donato Gvidone Ascensio

Terence; Badius, Josse (1462-1535); Calfurnio, Giovanni (1503); Donatus, Aelius; Jouenneaux, Guy (1507); Grüninger, Johann; White, Henry (1900); Grey, Charles Hervey (1875-1955); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno incarnatio[n]is dominice Millesimoquaterq[ue]centesimononagesimosexto. Kalendaru[m] vero Nouembrium. [1 November 1496]

Signatures: a⁶ b-c⁸ d-z⁶ A-E⁶ F⁸. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on the verso of numbered leaf CLXXVI (F7v) reads: Immpressum [sic] in Imperiali ac libera vrbe Argentina Per magistrum Ioa...

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A dissertation on comedy : in which the rise and progress of that species of the drama is particularly consider'd and deduc'd from the earliest to the present age

Hippisley, John (1767)

1750

Authorship has been attributed to John Hippisley, Jr. -- cf. Dictionary of National Biography vol. 9, p. 903.

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False appearances : a comedy, altered from the French; and performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Conway, Henry Seymour (1721-1795); Boissy, Louis de (1694-1758); Burgoyne, John (1722-1792)

1789

There is a Dublin edition, also published in 1789. "Epilogue. Written by Lieutenant General Burgoyne." (p. [73]). Includes references to the American Revolution and to American Indians (p. 60-61)....

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Comicorum Graecorum sententiæ : id est gnomai, Latinis versibus ab Henr. Stephano redditæ, & annotationibus illustratæ. Eiusdem Henrici Stephani tetrastichon de his sententiis. Quem permixta iocis offendunt seria multis. Quem minus idcirco comica musa iuuat. Paucis mixta iocis hinc seria plurima carpat. Nanque cothurnata hic plurima soccus habet

Estienne, Henri (1531-1598); Publilius Syrus; Erasmus, Desiderius (1536)

1569

Pagination slightly irregular. "Gnomoi" transliterated from the Greek. "Pvblii Syri Mini, sev sententiae selectae olim ex eius mimis, & postae in velus comunes virtutum & vitiorum locos digestae, ...

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Le Nouveau theatre italien, ou, Recueil general des comedies representées par les Comediens italiens ordinaires du roy (v.1)

Comédie Italienne

1729-1737

Each comedy has special t.p. and separate paging. Contents: v.1. Avertissement, Mémoire pour l'Histoire du Théatre, & Argumens, avec la Musique. 1733. -- v.2. Le port-à-l'Anglois, ou les nouvelle...

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Le Nouveau theatre italien, ou, Recueil general des comedies representées par les Comediens italiens ordinaires du roy (v.2)

Comédie Italienne

1729-1737

Each comedy has special t.p. and separate paging. Contents: v.1. Avertissement, Mémoire pour l'Histoire du Théatre, & Argumens, avec la Musique. 1733. -- v.2. Le port-à-l'Anglois, ou les nouvelle...

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Le Nouveau theatre italien, ou, Recueil general des comedies representées par les Comediens italiens ordinaires du roy (v.3)

Comédie Italienne

1729-1737

Each comedy has special t.p. and separate paging. Contents: v.1. Avertissement, Mémoire pour l'Histoire du Théatre, & Argumens, avec la Musique. 1733. -- v.2. Le port-à-l'Anglois, ou les nouvelle...

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Le Nouveau theatre italien, ou, Recueil general des comedies representées par les Comediens italiens ordinaires du roy (v.4)

Comédie Italienne

1729-1737

Each comedy has special t.p. and separate paging. Contents: v.1. Avertissement, Mémoire pour l'Histoire du Théatre, & Argumens, avec la Musique. 1733. -- v.2. Le port-à-l'Anglois, ou les nouvelle...

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Le Nouveau theatre italien, ou, Recueil general des comedies representées par les Comediens italiens ordinaires du roy (v.5)

Comédie Italienne

1729-1737

Each comedy has special t.p. and separate paging. Contents: v.1. Avertissement, Mémoire pour l'Histoire du Théatre, & Argumens, avec la Musique. 1733. -- v.2. Le port-à-l'Anglois, ou les nouvelle...

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Le Nouveau theatre italien, ou, Recueil general des comedies representées par les Comediens italiens ordinaires du roy (v.6)

Comédie Italienne

1729-1737

Each comedy has special t.p. and separate paging. Contents: v.1. Avertissement, Mémoire pour l'Histoire du Théatre, & Argumens, avec la Musique. 1733. -- v.2. Le port-à-l'Anglois, ou les nouvelle...

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