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 xvi
... persons , few will be found with higher claims on the respect and gratitude of posterity than him of whose labours we are now about to avail ourselves , in such manner , and to such extent , as the peculiar nature of our undertaking may ...
... persons , few will be found with higher claims on the respect and gratitude of posterity than him of whose labours we are now about to avail ourselves , in such manner , and to such extent , as the peculiar nature of our undertaking may ...
Page xviii
... person as well as valiant , and learned as well as wise . " And Camden styles him , " a person famous for conduct , and so eminent in courage and learning , that in these respects he had no superior , and but few equals . " It is ...
... person as well as valiant , and learned as well as wise . " And Camden styles him , " a person famous for conduct , and so eminent in courage and learning , that in these respects he had no superior , and but few equals . " It is ...
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... well - known Lord Craven ; * a * Some account of the active and checkered life of this eminent person may be found in " Collins's Peerage . " He is now chiefly remembered nobleman worthy of all praise , and not ill - xxviii INTRODUCTION .
... well - known Lord Craven ; * a * Some account of the active and checkered life of this eminent person may be found in " Collins's Peerage . " He is now chiefly remembered nobleman worthy of all praise , and not ill - xxviii INTRODUCTION .
Page xxxi
... ac- cords with the characters of the " graced persons " who occupy the scene . The uncommon felicity with which Ford has * Monthly Review . sustained the part of Warbeck has been elsewhere noticed ; INTRODUCTION . xxxi.
... ac- cords with the characters of the " graced persons " who occupy the scene . The uncommon felicity with which Ford has * Monthly Review . sustained the part of Warbeck has been elsewhere noticed ; INTRODUCTION . xxxi.
Page xliii
... person of our poet's char- acter and fortune could not , indeed , have had far to seek for a worthy partner , and with such a one it is pleasing to hope that he spent the residue of his blameless and honourable life . 1 THE LOVER'S ...
... person of our poet's char- acter and fortune could not , indeed , have had far to seek for a worthy partner , and with such a one it is pleasing to hope that he spent the residue of his blameless and honourable life . 1 THE LOVER'S ...
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