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... reform further . But it They are both Lyric poems in the form of was a task far beyond his powers , perhaps be- Plays . There are perhaps no two kinds of yond any powers . Instead of correcting what composition so essentially dissimilar ...
... reform further . But it They are both Lyric poems in the form of was a task far beyond his powers , perhaps be- Plays . There are perhaps no two kinds of yond any powers . Instead of correcting what composition so essentially dissimilar ...
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... reforms , and renounced so many op- pressive prerogatives , did the parliament con- tinue to rise in their demands , at the risk of provoking a civil war ? The ship - money had been given up . The star - chamber had been abolished ...
... reforms , and renounced so many op- pressive prerogatives , did the parliament con- tinue to rise in their demands , at the risk of provoking a civil war ? The ship - money had been given up . The star - chamber had been abolished ...
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... reforms , and renounced so many op- but measures . So that evil be done , they carepressive prerogatives , did the parliament con- not who does it - the arbitrary Charles or the liberal William , Ferdinand the catholic or Frederick the ...
... reforms , and renounced so many op- but measures . So that evil be done , they carepressive prerogatives , did the parliament con- not who does it - the arbitrary Charles or the liberal William , Ferdinand the catholic or Frederick the ...
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... reform , and con- tented themselves with pulling down the king and imprisoning the malignants , acted like the heedless brothers in his own poem , who , in their eagerness to disperse the train of the sor- cerer , neglected the means of ...
... reform , and con- tented themselves with pulling down the king and imprisoning the malignants , acted like the heedless brothers in his own poem , who , in their eagerness to disperse the train of the sor- cerer , neglected the means of ...
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... reform . In such bustling times , it was absolutely necessary to speak and write to the purpose . The absurdi- ties of Puritanism had , perhaps , done more . It is deserving of remark , that at the time of which we speak , the plays ...
... reform . In such bustling times , it was absolutely necessary to speak and write to the purpose . The absurdi- ties of Puritanism had , perhaps , done more . It is deserving of remark , that at the time of which we speak , the plays ...
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