The dramatic works of Massinger and Ford, with an intr. by H. Coleridge. [2 pt. With an additional engr. title-leaf dated 1839].1840 |
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... No , father ; in your eyes I see the change Of pity and compassion ; from your age , As from a sacred oracle , distils The life of counsel : tell me , holy man , What cure shall give me ease in these extremes ? Friar . Repentance , son ...
... No , father ; in your eyes I see the change Of pity and compassion ; from your age , As from a sacred oracle , distils The life of counsel : tell me , holy man , What cure shall give me ease in these extremes ? Friar . Repentance , son ...
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