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Page 282
... Father Philip are engaged in a bantering discussion in which each accuses the other of being flirtatious with the village maidens . Father Philip seems to be a combination of Falstaff and Friar Laurence , prone to help young lovers but ...
... Father Philip are engaged in a bantering discussion in which each accuses the other of being flirtatious with the village maidens . Father Philip seems to be a combination of Falstaff and Friar Laurence , prone to help young lovers but ...
Page 285
... Father Philip . Percy has been taken prisoner by Osmond who realizes that Percy and Angela love each other . He is determined to keep them apart , for such a powerful union would jeopardize his position . Left alone with Osmond's His ...
... Father Philip . Percy has been taken prisoner by Osmond who realizes that Percy and Angela love each other . He is determined to keep them apart , for such a powerful union would jeopardize his position . Left alone with Osmond's His ...
Page 360
... father was murdered . He is reared by a benevolent army captain who is very fond of him . Various complications develop which cause the events of the past to become the focal point of the play . It is not until the end of the melodrama ...
... father was murdered . He is reared by a benevolent army captain who is very fond of him . Various complications develop which cause the events of the past to become the focal point of the play . It is not until the end of the melodrama ...
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