 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 страници
...was copper. P. Hen. I say, 'tis copper: Barest thou be as good as thy word now ? nf Suntington, 1601, that maid Marian was originally a name assumed by...while Robin Hood remained in a state of outlawry: " Next 'tis agreed (if therto shee agree) " That faire Matilda henceforth change her name ; " And while... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1807 - 528 страници
...that the English Robin deserved his Marian as well as the other. The circumstance of the French Marian being acted by a boy contributes to support the above...Fitzwater, while Robin Hood remained in a state of outlawry3." This is rather to be considered as a dramatic fiction, designed to explain a character... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1807 - 540 страници
...that the English Robin deserved his Marian as well as the other. The circumstance of the French Marian being acted by a boy contributes to support the above...laid on the authority of an old play cited by Mr. Stecvcns to prove that " Maid Marian was originally a name assumed by Matilda the daughter of Robert... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 494 страници
...The Downfall of Robert Earl of Huntington , 1601, that maid Marian was originally a name assumed hy Matilda the daughter of Robert Lord Fitzwater, •while Robin Hood remained in a state of outlawry. This lady was afterwards poisoned by King John at Duumow J'riory , after he had made several fruitless... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 348 страници
...was copper. P. Hen. I say, 'tis copper: Barest thou be as good as thy word now ? of Huntington, 1601, that maid Marian was originally a name assumed by Matilda the daughter of Robert Lord Fitzviater, while Robin Hood remained in a state of outlawry: " Next 'tis agreed (if therto shee agree)... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 460 страници
...marian," &c. PERCY. It appears from the old play of The Downfall of Robert Earl of Huntington, 1601, that maid Marian was originally a name assumed by...Fitzwater, while Robin Hood remained in a state of outlawry : ' Next 'tis agreed (if therto shee agree) ' That faire Matilda henceforth change her name ; ' And... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1831 - 372 страници
...quotation from the old play of " The Downfall of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon, 1601," whence it would appear that Maid Marian was originally a name assumed by Matilda, the daughter of Lord Fitzwalter, when Robin Hood remained in a state of outlawry. Next 'tis agreed (if thereto she... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1832 - 640 страници
...&c." Mr. Steevens, too, after citing the old play of The downfell of Robert earl of Huntington, 1601, to prove " that maid Marian was originally a name...while Robin Hood remained in a state of outlawry," observes, that " Shakspeare speaks of maid Marian in her degraded state, when she was represented by... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 страници
...the English Robin deserved .his Marian as well as the other. The circumstance of the French Marian being acted by a boy contributes to support the above...been personated, though not always, in like manner.'' Mr. Toilet describes a character upon his window as in the full clerical tonsure, with a chaplet of... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1833 - 382 страници
...quotation from the old play of " The Dpwnfall of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon, 1601," whence it would appear that Maid Marian was originally a name assumed by Matilda, the daughter of Lord THzwalter, when Robin Hood remained in a State of outlawry. Next 'tis agreed (if thereto she agree)... | |
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Hood was, at a verv early period, of a dramatic cast ; and it was perfectly natural that a principal character should be transferred from one drama to another. It might be thought likewise that the English Robin deserved his Marian as well as the other.... 
