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 xviii
... favour both with Elizabeth and her successor ) , probably afforded many facilities to his young relatives in the progress of their studies , and opened advantages of various kinds . Our poet had been preceded in his legal studies by his ...
... favour both with Elizabeth and her successor ) , probably afforded many facilities to his young relatives in the progress of their studies , and opened advantages of various kinds . Our poet had been preceded in his legal studies by his ...
Page xxii
... favour of the spectator , * and " stood rubric " with others in the titlepage of several plays which have come down to us , and in more , perhaps , which remain to be discovered , Of these joint - compositions two will be found in our ...
... favour of the spectator , * and " stood rubric " with others in the titlepage of several plays which have come down to us , and in more , perhaps , which remain to be discovered , Of these joint - compositions two will be found in our ...
Page xxvii
... favour- ably ; it is in truth too seductive for the subject , and flings a soft and soothing light over what , in its natural state would glare with salutary and repulsive horror . " The Broken Heart " was given to the press in the same ...
... favour- ably ; it is in truth too seductive for the subject , and flings a soft and soothing light over what , in its natural state would glare with salutary and repulsive horror . " The Broken Heart " was given to the press in the same ...
Page xxxix
... favour the stage ; and to this we are indebted for the intrusion of those ill - timed underplots , and those prurient snatches of language , which debase and pollute several of his best dramas . It is not pleasant to dwell on these de ...
... favour the stage ; and to this we are indebted for the intrusion of those ill - timed underplots , and those prurient snatches of language , which debase and pollute several of his best dramas . It is not pleasant to dwell on these de ...
Page 62
... favour ! Tha . Are you well , sir ? Par . Great princess , I am well . To see a league Between an humble love , such as my friend's is , And a commanding virtue , such as yours is , Are sure restoratives . Tha . You speak ingeniously ...
... favour ! Tha . Are you well , sir ? Par . Great princess , I am well . To see a league Between an humble love , such as my friend's is , And a commanding virtue , such as yours is , Are sure restoratives . Tha . You speak ingeniously ...
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