New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 40Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth Henry Colburn, 1834 |
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... Alcestis " of Alfieri PAGE 1 9 20 26 29 39 51 • 61 , 334 65 76 80 84 , 234 , 369 , 511 95 137 170 175 185 192 , 305 , 456 The Penny Press Strategics ; or , a Chapter on Duns The Necessity and the Power of giving an Opera to the English ...
... Alcestis " of Alfieri PAGE 1 9 20 26 29 39 51 • 61 , 334 65 76 80 84 , 234 , 369 , 511 95 137 170 175 185 192 , 305 , 456 The Penny Press Strategics ; or , a Chapter on Duns The Necessity and the Power of giving an Opera to the English ...
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... and the burning brands , which were tossed upwards , becoming still , showed that at length their struggles were over for ever ! Feb. - VOL . XL . NO . CLVIII . N SCENES FROM THE ALCESTIS OF ALFIERI . BY MRS . a Tale of the 169 4 Pampas .
... and the burning brands , which were tossed upwards , becoming still , showed that at length their struggles were over for ever ! Feb. - VOL . XL . NO . CLVIII . N SCENES FROM THE ALCESTIS OF ALFIERI . BY MRS . a Tale of the 169 4 Pampas .
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... ALCESTIS OF ALFIERI . BY MRS . HEMANS . THE " Alcestis " of Alfieri is said to have been the last tragedy he composed , and is distinguished , in a remarkable degree , by that ten- derness of which his former works present so few ...
... ALCESTIS OF ALFIERI . BY MRS . HEMANS . THE " Alcestis " of Alfieri is said to have been the last tragedy he composed , and is distinguished , in a remarkable degree , by that ten- derness of which his former works present so few ...
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... Alcestis . He shall , to thee . Thus hath Apollo said - Alcestis thus Confirms the oracle ; be thou secure . Pheres . O sounds of joy ! He lives ! Alcestis . But not for this ; Think not that e'en for this the stranger , joy , Shall yet ...
... Alcestis . He shall , to thee . Thus hath Apollo said - Alcestis thus Confirms the oracle ; be thou secure . Pheres . O sounds of joy ! He lives ! Alcestis . But not for this ; Think not that e'en for this the stranger , joy , Shall yet ...
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... Alcestis ? Such was he , Already in the unsparing grasp of death , Withering , a certain prey . Apollo thence Hath snatched him , and another in his stead , Although not an equal , - ( who can equal him ? ) — Must fall a voluntary ...
... Alcestis ? Such was he , Already in the unsparing grasp of death , Withering , a certain prey . Apollo thence Hath snatched him , and another in his stead , Although not an equal , - ( who can equal him ? ) — Must fall a voluntary ...
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