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Page 32
... death will be treated very differently in the drama of the two countries . The English find " nothing hideous " in a corpse - strewn stage , be- cause they " look upon death as an incident no way terrible , but sometimes fly to it for ...
... death will be treated very differently in the drama of the two countries . The English find " nothing hideous " in a corpse - strewn stage , be- cause they " look upon death as an incident no way terrible , but sometimes fly to it for ...
Page 68
... Death's claim to be " King of terrors " is taken from Parnell's " Night - Piece on Death , " which probably suggested the title of the Bee's " City Night - Piece . " 9 But Parnell has a further , and perhaps deeper , in- terest for ...
... Death's claim to be " King of terrors " is taken from Parnell's " Night - Piece on Death , " which probably suggested the title of the Bee's " City Night - Piece . " 9 But Parnell has a further , and perhaps deeper , in- terest for ...
Page 145
... Death of a Mad Dog " ( Works 4:88 ) . He took the device from a mock - elegy in French , “ Le fameux La Galisse . " 3. Prior , Life 2 : 127-28 . 4. Prior , Life 2 : 291 ; Boswell , Life of Johnson , 293 . 5. Gwynn , Memorials of an ...
... Death of a Mad Dog " ( Works 4:88 ) . He took the device from a mock - elegy in French , “ Le fameux La Galisse . " 3. Prior , Life 2 : 127-28 . 4. Prior , Life 2 : 291 ; Boswell , Life of Johnson , 293 . 5. Gwynn , Memorials of an ...
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