Representative English Dramas from Dryden to SheridanOxford University Press, American Branch, 1914 - 459 pages |
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... virtue successfully undergoing temptations that would corrupt an anchorite . It exalted pure love and marital fidelity to a degree unattempted yet in prose or rime . Sensual love is a monster of so frightful mien As , to be hated ...
... virtue successfully undergoing temptations that would corrupt an anchorite . It exalted pure love and marital fidelity to a degree unattempted yet in prose or rime . Sensual love is a monster of so frightful mien As , to be hated ...
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... virtue : the commanding part in Agamemnon , and the executive in Achilles . " It was a splendidly mendacious tribute to Charles and the Duke ! But this drama was not merely the offspring of the time . It had its origins in the romantic ...
... virtue : the commanding part in Agamemnon , and the executive in Achilles . " It was a splendidly mendacious tribute to Charles and the Duke ! But this drama was not merely the offspring of the time . It had its origins in the romantic ...
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... virtue may triumph over the forces of evil , his enemies . The motives of action are often violent in keeping with the violent deeds which they occasion ; they are unexpected , sometimes arbi- trary , but never commonplace . They spring ...
... virtue may triumph over the forces of evil , his enemies . The motives of action are often violent in keeping with the violent deeds which they occasion ; they are unexpected , sometimes arbi- trary , but never commonplace . They spring ...
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... virtue lies in one great soul , [ Embracing him . Whose single force can multitudes control ! [ A trumpet within . Enter a Messenger . Messen . The Duke of Arcos , sir , Does with a trumpet from the foe appear . Boab . Attend him ; he ...
... virtue lies in one great soul , [ Embracing him . Whose single force can multitudes control ! [ A trumpet within . Enter a Messenger . Messen . The Duke of Arcos , sir , Does with a trumpet from the foe appear . Boab . Attend him ; he ...
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... virtue , sir , you make defence , Shows in your own a noble confidence . But him defending , and excusing me , If I became it not , yet it would be Part of your duty , then , to flatter me . These are not half the charms of being great ...
... virtue , sir , you make defence , Shows in your own a noble confidence . But him defending , and excusing me , If I became it not , yet it would be Part of your duty , then , to flatter me . These are not half the charms of being great ...
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