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Page 11
... she has been with child ? Oxford's speech is principally taken from that of Henry's ambassador ( Sir W. Warham ) to the archduke . “ It is the strangest thing in the world , that the Lady Margaret , excuse us if we name ...
... she has been with child ? Oxford's speech is principally taken from that of Henry's ambassador ( Sir W. Warham ) to the archduke . “ It is the strangest thing in the world , that the Lady Margaret , excuse us if we name ...
Page 36
... Of recollecting who I was , I shook off My bondage , and made haste to let my aunt Of Burgundy acknowledge me her kinsman ; Heir to the crown of England , snatch'd by Henry From Richard's head ; a thing scarce known i'th ' world .
... Of recollecting who I was , I shook off My bondage , and made haste to let my aunt Of Burgundy acknowledge me her kinsman ; Heir to the crown of England , snatch'd by Henry From Richard's head ; a thing scarce known i'th ' world .
Page 86
... how filching and bragging has been the best service in these last wars ; and therefore conclude peremptorily on the design in England . If things and things may fall out , as who can tell what or howbut the end will shew it .
... how filching and bragging has been the best service in these last wars ; and therefore conclude peremptorily on the design in England . If things and things may fall out , as who can tell what or howbut the end will shew it .
Page 113
... that it is to little purpose to say , this thing , or that , shall be thus , or thus ; for , as the fates will have it , so it must be ; and who can help it ? Daw . O blockhead ! thou a privy - counsellor ? VOL . II .
... that it is to little purpose to say , this thing , or that , shall be thus , or thus ; for , as the fates will have it , so it must be ; and who can help it ? Daw . O blockhead ! thou a privy - counsellor ? VOL . II .
Page 128
It is such as the historic drama ought to appear in , and may justly excite some regret that the author had not more frequently taken bis plots from our domestic struggles . Another thing too may be noticed .
It is such as the historic drama ought to appear in , and may justly excite some regret that the author had not more frequently taken bis plots from our domestic struggles . Another thing too may be noticed .
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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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