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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... 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 genius in its highest sense , was here peculiarly in ...
... 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 genius in its highest sense , was here peculiarly in ...
Page xxv
... noble society , " to his first acknowledged piece , the Lover's Melancholy . There is an affectation of modesty in the dedica- tion , which , when the writer's age is considered ( for he was now in the full maturity of life ) , might be ...
... noble society , " to his first acknowledged piece , the Lover's Melancholy . There is an affectation of modesty in the dedica- tion , which , when the writer's age is considered ( for he was now in the full maturity of life ) , might be ...
Page xxxiii
... Noble . " The date of its first appearance on the stage is not known ; but it probably did not long precede its being given to the press . The play is dedicated to the well - known Earl ( after- ward Marquis ) of Antrim . * And here ...
... Noble . " The date of its first appearance on the stage is not known ; but it probably did not long precede its being given to the press . The play is dedicated to the well - known Earl ( after- ward Marquis ) of Antrim . * And here ...
Page xxxviii
... noble Dalyell ? the generous and devoted Malfato ? -Nor can it justly be in- ferred ( even setting aside the romantic feelings here alluded to ) that the female characters of his second- rate pieces fail to interest us , and ...
... noble Dalyell ? the generous and devoted Malfato ? -Nor can it justly be in- ferred ( even setting aside the romantic feelings here alluded to ) that the female characters of his second- rate pieces fail to interest us , and ...
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... noble statesman of Cyprus , was the father of two daughters , Eroclea and Cleophila . A marriage be- tween the former of these and his son , Palador , had been projected by the reigning prince of Cyprus ; the appear- ance , however , of ...
... noble statesman of Cyprus , was the father of two daughters , Eroclea and Cleophila . A marriage be- tween the former of these and his son , Palador , had been projected by the reigning prince of Cyprus ; the appear- ance , however , of ...
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