Representative English Dramas from Dryden to SheridanOxford University Press, American Branch, 1914 - 459 pages |
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... Lost in The State of Innocence ( 1674 ) ; a dignified tragedy in Don Sebastian ( 1690 ) ; and a bitter invective with the purely political purpose of stirring up English wrath against the Dutch in Amboyna ( 1673 ) . After writing his ...
... Lost in The State of Innocence ( 1674 ) ; a dignified tragedy in Don Sebastian ( 1690 ) ; and a bitter invective with the purely political purpose of stirring up English wrath against the Dutch in Amboyna ( 1673 ) . After writing his ...
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... lost all his offices so that he had to depend upon authorship for his living . He translated Juvenal and Persius ( 1693 ) and Vergil ( 1697 ) ; he composed Alexander's Feast ( 1697 ) and wrote his Fables ( 1700 ) . He died on May 1 ...
... lost all his offices so that he had to depend upon authorship for his living . He translated Juvenal and Persius ( 1693 ) and Vergil ( 1697 ) ; he composed Alexander's Feast ( 1697 ) and wrote his Fables ( 1700 ) . He died on May 1 ...
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... lost the tale , and took ' em by the great . see , And fears the omen may unlucky be , ) Prepares a zambra to be danced this night , In hope soft pleasures may your minds unite . Boab . My mistress gently chides the fault I made : But ...
... lost the tale , and took ' em by the great . see , And fears the omen may unlucky be , ) Prepares a zambra to be danced this night , In hope soft pleasures may your minds unite . Boab . My mistress gently chides the fault I made : But ...
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... lost . I could do much to merit thy applause ; Help me to fortify the better cause . My honor is not wholly put to flight , But would , if seconded , renew the fight . Zul . I met my sister , but I do not see What difficulty in your ...
... lost . I could do much to merit thy applause ; Help me to fortify the better cause . My honor is not wholly put to flight , But would , if seconded , renew the fight . Zul . I met my sister , but I do not see What difficulty in your ...
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... turn back , before it be too late . Behold in me the example of your fate : I am your sea - mark ; and , though wrecked and lost , My ruins stand to warn you from the coast . 19 THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA ACT III , Sc . I.
... turn back , before it be too late . Behold in me the example of your fate : I am your sea - mark ; and , though wrecked and lost , My ruins stand to warn you from the coast . 19 THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA ACT III , Sc . I.
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