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 xix
... present ; the queen regarded the state with a strange mixture of envy and spleen ; and the accursed court of wards eternally troubled " the current of true love . " Lady Penelope was forced , with a heart full of affection for Mountjoy ...
... present ; the queen regarded the state with a strange mixture of envy and spleen ; and the accursed court of wards eternally troubled " the current of true love . " Lady Penelope was forced , with a heart full of affection for Mountjoy ...
Page xxvi
... at short intervals . The present play has neither prologue nor epilogue ; but in the * This title has been substituted for a much coarser one . dedication to the Earl of Peterborough , who had openly xxvi INTRODUCTION .
... at short intervals . The present play has neither prologue nor epilogue ; but in the * This title has been substituted for a much coarser one . dedication to the Earl of Peterborough , who had openly xxvi INTRODUCTION .
Page xxvii
... present , which bears besides tokens of a mind habituated to deep and solemn musings , and formed by long and severe practice to a style of composition at once ardent and impressive . Of the poetry of this play in the more impas- sioned ...
... present , which bears besides tokens of a mind habituated to deep and solemn musings , and formed by long and severe practice to a style of composition at once ardent and impressive . Of the poetry of this play in the more impas- sioned ...
Page xxxiii
... present , for there were many readers , and many translators at hand to furnish them with a succession of novelties ; and , though it must be admitted , we fear , that the exchange ran grievously against us - that we imported much and ...
... present , for there were many readers , and many translators at hand to furnish them with a succession of novelties ; and , though it must be admitted , we fear , that the exchange ran grievously against us - that we imported much and ...
Page 49
... presents A feather - bed to waft you to the shore , As easily as if you slept i ' th ' court . Pel . Indeed ! is ' t true , I pray ? Men . I will not stretch Your faith upon the tenters . - Prithee , Pelias , Where didst thou learn this ...
... presents A feather - bed to waft you to the shore , As easily as if you slept i ' th ' court . Pel . Indeed ! is ' t true , I pray ? Men . I will not stretch Your faith upon the tenters . - Prithee , Pelias , Where didst thou learn this ...
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