The Works of John Dryden: Dramatic worksPaterson, 1882 - English literature |
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... appear so shocking in the age of Dryden , as in ours . There is no doubt , that , while personal strength and prowess were of more consequence than military skill and conduct , the feats of a single man were sometimes sufficient to ...
... appear so shocking in the age of Dryden , as in ours . There is no doubt , that , while personal strength and prowess were of more consequence than military skill and conduct , the feats of a single man were sometimes sufficient to ...
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... appear to us unnatural , but also the extraordinary principles and motives by which those exertions are guided . Here also , we must look back to the Gothic romances , and to those of Scudéry and Calprenède . In fact , the extrava ...
... appear to us unnatural , but also the extraordinary principles and motives by which those exertions are guided . Here also , we must look back to the Gothic romances , and to those of Scudéry and Calprenède . In fact , the extrava ...
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... appears to be the weaker side , and kills a prominent leader of the opposite party , altogether disregarding the king's injunctions to desist . He is seized by the guards and ordered for execution , but is then discovered to be Almanzor ...
... appears to be the weaker side , and kills a prominent leader of the opposite party , altogether disregarding the king's injunctions to desist . He is seized by the guards and ordered for execution , but is then discovered to be Almanzor ...
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... appears in the powerful Zulema . Almanzor is disobliged by Abdalla , and at once makes his way to the citadel , whither Boabdelin has fled , and offers him his services . At the be- ginning of the fourth act they are of course accepted ...
... appears in the powerful Zulema . Almanzor is disobliged by Abdalla , and at once makes his way to the citadel , whither Boabdelin has fled , and offers him his services . At the be- ginning of the fourth act they are of course accepted ...
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... appearing , or of a palace raised by magic ; I boldly answer him , that an heroic poet is not tied to a bare representation of what is true , or exceeding probable ; but that he may let himself loose to visionary objects , and to the ...
... appearing , or of a palace raised by magic ; I boldly answer him , that an heroic poet is not tied to a bare representation of what is true , or exceeding probable ; but that he may let himself loose to visionary objects , and to the ...
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