Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 18, Part 2Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 407
... Thebes , that the pretenfions of the city of Thebes. Theatre . comedy , from Ariofto , near thirty years before any of Shakespeare's were printed . The people however still retained a relifh for their old myfteries and moralities , and ...
... Thebes , that the pretenfions of the city of Thebes. Theatre . comedy , from Ariofto , near thirty years before any of Shakespeare's were printed . The people however still retained a relifh for their old myfteries and moralities , and ...
Page 408
... Thebes . formed but feldom till after Christmas . Mr Mills jun . 31. Theatre under the fame circumftances with ... Thebes , between the two brothers Eteocles and Polynices ; or Thebes taken by Thefeus . er of THEBES , the name of a ...
... Thebes . formed but feldom till after Christmas . Mr Mills jun . 31. Theatre under the fame circumftances with ... Thebes , between the two brothers Eteocles and Polynices ; or Thebes taken by Thefeus . er of THEBES , the name of a ...
Page 409
... Thebes , the latter fubmitted , and were incorporated among his fub- jects . Supposed to 3 The The } Those who endeavour to extract fome truth from the be one of multitude of fables in which the early part of the Grecian the exiled ...
... Thebes , the latter fubmitted , and were incorporated among his fub- jects . Supposed to 3 The The } Those who endeavour to extract fome truth from the be one of multitude of fables in which the early part of the Grecian the exiled ...
Page 410
... Thebes , that the pretenfions of the city of Thebes to Baotia were as well founded , at least , as thofe of Sparta to those two countries . After this he went on , and fhowed how far Sparta had a grandized herself at the expence of her ...
... Thebes , that the pretenfions of the city of Thebes to Baotia were as well founded , at least , as thofe of Sparta to those two countries . After this he went on , and fhowed how far Sparta had a grandized herself at the expence of her ...
Page 411
... Thebes to Thebes . By this time Thebes was raifed to a fufficient height of The main obftacle to it was , reputation and glory to begin to aim in earnest at the fovereignty of Greece . [ 411 Thebe of partiality for the Spartans , in not ...
... Thebes to Thebes . By this time Thebes was raifed to a fufficient height of The main obftacle to it was , reputation and glory to begin to aim in earnest at the fovereignty of Greece . [ 411 Thebe of partiality for the Spartans , in not ...
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