The Dramatic Works of John Ford: With an Introduction, and Notes Critical and Explanatory, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1831 - English drama |
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Page xv
... character which could be found imbodied in those noble works of the older time . That high religious feeling which formed so marked a trait in Mr. Gifford's character , and which seems , indeed , almost a necessary accompaniment of ...
... character which could be found imbodied in those noble works of the older time . That high religious feeling which formed so marked a trait in Mr. Gifford's character , and which seems , indeed , almost a necessary accompaniment of ...
Page xix
... character had sus- tained , ruined both her and himself . There is something in this which is not easily explained . While the earl maintained an adulterous com- merce with the lady , all went smoothly ; but the instant he married her ...
... character had sus- tained , ruined both her and himself . There is something in this which is not easily explained . While the earl maintained an adulterous com- merce with the lady , all went smoothly ; but the instant he married her ...
Page xxiii
... character who had previously run through life and its various changes , and seen and enjoyed infinitely more than is tendered to him in his new career . The second piece , " The Witch of Edmonton , " was brought out about the same ...
... character who had previously run through life and its various changes , and seen and enjoyed infinitely more than is tendered to him in his new career . The second piece , " The Witch of Edmonton , " was brought out about the same ...
Page xxiv
... character ; she moves like a volcano , amid smoke and fire , and throws heaven and earth into commotion at every step : but the witch of those days was a miserable creature , enfeebled by age , soured by poverty , and maddened by in ...
... character ; she moves like a volcano , amid smoke and fire , and throws heaven and earth into commotion at every step : but the witch of those days was a miserable creature , enfeebled by age , soured by poverty , and maddened by in ...
Page xxvi
... characters than is commonly found in his plays ; and , could we suppose that the idle buffoonery was introduced at a later period , in compliance with the taste of the age , which seems to have found a strange and unnatural delight in ...
... characters than is commonly found in his plays ; and , could we suppose that the idle buffoonery was introduced at a later period , in compliance with the taste of the age , which seems to have found a strange and unnatural delight in ...
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