 | William Shakespeare - 1886 - 494 pagine
...Desdemona smothered. 1666, August 20. — To Deptford by water, reading ' Othello, Moor of Venice,' which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play ; but having so lately read ' The Adventures of Five Houres,' it seems a mean thing. 1668, February 6. — To the King's playhouse, and... | |
 | 1873 - 822 pagine
...— To Deptford by water, reading Othello, Moor of Venice [this, doubtless, was the original], which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play ; but having so lately read The Adventures of Five Iloures, it seems a mean thing/ The bustling play which Pepys so much admired was... | |
 | 1873 - 740 pagine
...To Deptford by water, reading 4 Othello, Moor of Venice ' [this, doubtless, was the original], which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play ; but having so lately read ' The Adventures of Five Honres,' it eeems a mean thing." The bustling play which Pepys so much admired was... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1875 - 664 pagine
...and the Merry Wives 'did not please him at all. no part of it' (August 15, 1667). Othello he had ' ever heretofore ' esteemed a mighty good play, but having so lately read The Adventures of Five Houres, 'it seems a mean thing' (August 20, 1666). This was the result, moreover,... | |
 | 1875 - 642 pagine
...recorded his opinion of the play. "To Deptford, by water, reading Othello, Moor of Venice, which I have heretofore esteemed a mighty good play; but having so lately read The Adventures of Five Honres, it seems a mean thing." The gods had not made Mr. Pepys poetical. Two months... | |
 | Evan Thomas Davies - 1876 - 232 pagine
...admirably acted." 1666. August zoth. "To Deptford by water, reading Othello, Moore of Venice, which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play, but having so lately read The Adventures of five Houres, it seems a mean thing." December 28th. " From hence to the Duke's house,... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1877 - 522 pagine
...though not fit for business. Up, and to Deptford by water, reading " Othello, Moore of Venice," which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play, but having so lately read " The Adventures of Five Houres," it seems a mean thing. So home, and all the afternoon upon my Tangier accounts,... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 pagine
...of our own. " Aug. 20th, 1666. To Deptford by water, reading Othello, Moor of Venice, which I have heretofore esteemed a mighty good play, but having so lately read the Adventures of Five Hours, it seems a mean thing. Sept. 29th, 1662. To the King's Theatre, where we... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 490 pagine
..." (Aug. 15, 1667) did not please him " at all, no part of it." " Othello " (Aug. 20, 1666) he had " ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play, but having so lately read ' The Adventures of Five Houres,' it seems a mean thing ;" and (Jan. 1, 1664) "saw the so much cried-up play... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 500 pagine
..." (Aug. 15, 1667) did not please him " at all, no part of it." " Othello " (Aug. 20, 1666) he had " ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play, but having so lately read ' The Adventures of Five Houres,' it seems a mean thing ;" and (Jan. 1, 1664) "saw the so much cried-up play... | |
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To Deptford by water, reading Othello, Moor of Venice, which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play ; but, having so lately read The Adventures of Five Hours, it seems a mean thing. 
