The Dramatic Works With Notes Critical, Volume 1John Murray, 1827 |
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Page v
... thing is known but what is told by Jonson ; and Mr. Malone , who had been foraging for anecdotes of him nearly half a century , and had dwelt , over and over , with full conviction on the reports current about him down to the times of ...
... thing is known but what is told by Jonson ; and Mr. Malone , who had been foraging for anecdotes of him nearly half a century , and had dwelt , over and over , with full conviction on the reports current about him down to the times of ...
Page xi
... thing to this pursuit . He had evidently wooed the lady ( herself a muse ) in verse , and symptoms of wounded vanity occasionally appear at the in- flexibility of this second Lyde , to whose obstinate ears he sang in vain : yet the ...
... thing to this pursuit . He had evidently wooed the lady ( herself a muse ) in verse , and symptoms of wounded vanity occasionally appear at the in- flexibility of this second Lyde , to whose obstinate ears he sang in vain : yet the ...
Page xxiv
... thing which can render a female mind amiable . " But is it so ? Giovanni comes upon the scene a professed and daring infidel , and , like all other infidels , a fatalist ; a shameless avower , and justifier of his impure pur- pose ...
... thing which can render a female mind amiable . " But is it so ? Giovanni comes upon the scene a professed and daring infidel , and , like all other infidels , a fatalist ; a shameless avower , and justifier of his impure pur- pose ...
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... upon the reader involved in inextricable obscurity . Its excellencies , however , far outweigh its defects ; but they are rather felt than understood . I know few things more difficult to account for than Xxxviii INTRODUCTION .
... upon the reader involved in inextricable obscurity . Its excellencies , however , far outweigh its defects ; but they are rather felt than understood . I know few things more difficult to account for than Xxxviii INTRODUCTION .
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John Ford. I know few things more difficult to account for than the deep and lasting impression made by the more tragic portions of Ford's poetry . Whence does it derive that resistless power which ... things more difficult to account for ...
John Ford. I know few things more difficult to account for than the deep and lasting impression made by the more tragic portions of Ford's poetry . Whence does it derive that resistless power which ... things more difficult to account for ...
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