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Page xxxv
... keeping ; the humour of great breadth and raciness . On its first per formance , however , it was quite as unsuccessful as The Faithful Shep herdess : " the world , " says the publisher , " for want of judgment , or not understanding ...
... keeping ; the humour of great breadth and raciness . On its first per formance , however , it was quite as unsuccessful as The Faithful Shep herdess : " the world , " says the publisher , " for want of judgment , or not understanding ...
Page xxxvii
... keep'd in remembrance , He comes too near who comes to be denied . Beaumont wrott that Elegie on the death of the Countess of Rutland " . " Jonson's Worka , vii . 277 , ed . Gifford . • The cause is told plainly enough in Beaumont's ...
... keep'd in remembrance , He comes too near who comes to be denied . Beaumont wrott that Elegie on the death of the Countess of Rutland " . " Jonson's Worka , vii . 277 , ed . Gifford . • The cause is told plainly enough in Beaumont's ...
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... keeping by which Ben imparted a reality to personages whose eccentricities might possibly have had types in human nature , it produces , on the whole , a very comic effect . Celia is so devoid of delicacy and refinement , that , in ...
... keeping by which Ben imparted a reality to personages whose eccentricities might possibly have had types in human nature , it produces , on the whole , a very comic effect . Celia is so devoid of delicacy and refinement , that , in ...
Page lxvii
... keeps possession of the stage , and may therefore be considered as well known to many readers . Modern critics have placed it in the front - rank of Fletcher's comedies ; and , with such merits as it undoubtedly possesses , both of plot ...
... keeps possession of the stage , and may therefore be considered as well known to many readers . Modern critics have placed it in the front - rank of Fletcher's comedies ; and , with such merits as it undoubtedly possesses , both of plot ...
Page lxix
... keeping with the rest of the comedy ) an incident effected by supernatural means , the reconciliation of Julio and Bollides in consequence of " a vision " which had appeared to both on the same night and had spoken to both in precisely ...
... keeping with the rest of the comedy ) an incident effected by supernatural means , the reconciliation of Julio and Bollides in consequence of " a vision " which had appeared to both on the same night and had spoken to both in precisely ...
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