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He had evidently wooed the lady ( herself a muse ) in verse , and symptoms of wounded vanity occasionally appear at the inflexibility of this second Lyde , to whose obstinate ears he sang in vain : yet the attempt gave him some facility ...
He had evidently wooed the lady ( herself a muse ) in verse , and symptoms of wounded vanity occasionally appear at the inflexibility of this second Lyde , to whose obstinate ears he sang in vain : yet the attempt gave him some facility ...
Page xxxiv
the " The succeeding year ( 1639 ) gave to the public Lady's Trial , ” which , it appears , had been performed in May , 1638. It is dedicated , in the spirit of true kindness , to Mr. and Mrs. Wyrley ; and the poet , though now near the ...
the " The succeeding year ( 1639 ) gave to the public Lady's Trial , ” which , it appears , had been performed in May , 1638. It is dedicated , in the spirit of true kindness , to Mr. and Mrs. Wyrley ; and the poet , though now near the ...
Page xxxv
The " Lady's Trial , ” like the “ Fancies , ” declines in interest towards the conclusion , in consequence of the poet's imperfect execution of his own plan : that he meditated a more impressive catastrophe for both is sufficiently ...
The " Lady's Trial , ” like the “ Fancies , ” declines in interest towards the conclusion , in consequence of the poet's imperfect execution of his own plan : that he meditated a more impressive catastrophe for both is sufficiently ...
Page xliv
Why it is so generally assumed that our poet died almost immediately after the appearance of the Lady's Trial , except that he ceased to write , I have never been able to conjecture . Faint traditions in the neighbourhood of his ...
Why it is so generally assumed that our poet died almost immediately after the appearance of the Lady's Trial , except that he ceased to write , I have never been able to conjecture . Faint traditions in the neighbourhood of his ...
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... Lady's Trial . ” I have not Pepys before me at this instant , and may therefore have mistaken the piece : whatever it was , however , he passes it over with perfect indifference . From this period ( 1664 ) nothing farther is heard ...
... Lady's Trial . ” I have not Pepys before me at this instant , and may therefore have mistaken the piece : whatever it was , however , he passes it over with perfect indifference . From this period ( 1664 ) nothing farther is heard ...
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| Title | The Dramatic Works of John Ford |
| Author | W. Gifford |
| Published | 1827 |
| Original from | Austrian National Library |
| Digitized | 6 Jun 2014 |
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