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... cast his sight ; And straight , pale death pressing within his face , The flying ghost his mortal corpse forsook . Arost . Never did age bring forth so vile a fact . Marc . O hard and cruel hap that thus assign'd Unto so worthy wight so ...
... cast his sight ; And straight , pale death pressing within his face , The flying ghost his mortal corpse forsook . Arost . Never did age bring forth so vile a fact . Marc . O hard and cruel hap that thus assign'd Unto so worthy wight so ...
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... " Webster might have furnished them . They are full of that wild solemn preternatural cast of grief which bewilders us in the Duchess of Malfy . ] 66 THE LOVE OF KING DAVID AND FAIR BETHSABE , WITH THE SPANISH TRAGEDY . 11.
... " Webster might have furnished them . They are full of that wild solemn preternatural cast of grief which bewilders us in the Duchess of Malfy . ] 66 THE LOVE OF KING DAVID AND FAIR BETHSABE , WITH THE SPANISH TRAGEDY . 11.
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... cast against thee in the street : Ballads and rhymes made of thy overthrow . Lan . The Northern brothers , seeing their houses burnt , Their wives and children slain , run up and down Cursing the name of thee and Gaveston . Mort . When ...
... cast against thee in the street : Ballads and rhymes made of thy overthrow . Lan . The Northern brothers , seeing their houses burnt , Their wives and children slain , run up and down Cursing the name of thee and Gaveston . Mort . When ...
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... cast their heavy packs , And the strong hedges scarce shall keep them in . The milk - maids ' cuts shall turn the wenches off , And lay their dossers tumbling in the dust : The frank and merry London prentices , That come for cream and ...
... cast their heavy packs , And the strong hedges scarce shall keep them in . The milk - maids ' cuts shall turn the wenches off , And lay their dossers tumbling in the dust : The frank and merry London prentices , That come for cream and ...
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... cast upon the territory of his mortal enemy the duke of Venice ; with no attendants but Lucio an old nobleman , and a page . Andr . Is not yon gleam the shuddering morn that flakes With silver tincture the east verge of heaven ? Luc . I ...
... cast upon the territory of his mortal enemy the duke of Venice ; with no attendants but Lucio an old nobleman , and a page . Andr . Is not yon gleam the shuddering morn that flakes With silver tincture the east verge of heaven ? Luc . I ...
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets Who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare Charles Lamb No preview available - 2016 |
Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare ... Charles Lamb No preview available - 1907 |
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