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 xxiii
... youth recognises his error , and determines to be very wise and virtuous for the residue of his days ; when he is told , in strains not unworthy of the subject , that his days are already numbered , and that the inevitable hour is fast ...
... youth recognises his error , and determines to be very wise and virtuous for the residue of his days ; when he is told , in strains not unworthy of the subject , that his days are already numbered , and that the inevitable hour is fast ...
Page xxviii
... youth Wanted some riper years , was known a truth . " He could not be so ignorant of history as to sup- pose that Sparta was ever the scene of a tragedy like this ; and he probably means no more than that it was extant in some French or ...
... youth Wanted some riper years , was known a truth . " He could not be so ignorant of history as to sup- pose that Sparta was ever the scene of a tragedy like this ; and he probably means no more than that it was extant in some French or ...
Page xxxii
... youth with the young prince , yet he never per- mits a doubt of it to escape him , and thus skilfully avoids the awkwardness of shaking the credit and diminishing the interest of his chief character ; for Perkin , and not Henry , is the ...
... youth with the young prince , yet he never per- mits a doubt of it to escape him , and thus skilfully avoids the awkwardness of shaking the credit and diminishing the interest of his chief character ; for Perkin , and not Henry , is the ...
Page 47
... youth , named Parthenophill , whom he had accidentally encoun- tered in the beautiful valé of Tempe , in Thessaly ; and the occasion of his meeting with whom forms one of the most interesting tales to be found in the whole compass of ...
... youth , named Parthenophill , whom he had accidentally encoun- tered in the beautiful valé of Tempe , in Thessaly ; and the occasion of his meeting with whom forms one of the most interesting tales to be found in the whole compass of ...
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... youth ; A youth , whom , if I were but superstitious , I should repute an excellence more high , Than mere creations are : to add delight , I'll tell you how I found him . Amet . Prithee do . Men . Passing from Italy to Greece , the ...
... youth ; A youth , whom , if I were but superstitious , I should repute an excellence more high , Than mere creations are : to add delight , I'll tell you how I found him . Amet . Prithee do . Men . Passing from Italy to Greece , the ...
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