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 xxxi
... Earl ( better known as the Duke ) of Newcastle , in a strain , which shows that the poet was fully sensible of the " worthiness " as well as the difficulty of the subject , which he had spared no pains to overcome . It is observed in a ...
... Earl ( better known as the Duke ) of Newcastle , in a strain , which shows that the poet was fully sensible of the " worthiness " as well as the difficulty of the subject , which he had spared no pains to overcome . It is observed in a ...
Page xxxiii
... Earl ( after- ward Marquis ) of Antrim . * And here again Ford asserts , that his " courtship of greatnes , " never aimed at any pecuniary advantage . Granted : but he forgets that he had no need of it ; and there is something in this ...
... Earl ( after- ward Marquis ) of Antrim . * And here again Ford asserts , that his " courtship of greatnes , " never aimed at any pecuniary advantage . Granted : but he forgets that he had no need of it ; and there is something in this ...
Page 229
... Earl of Huntley . But it is not on the characters of either James or Henry that the reader's attention will soon learn to rest . Huntley , Dalyell , the Lady Katherine Gordon , and Jane Douglas are four such creations as we might almost ...
... Earl of Huntley . But it is not on the characters of either James or Henry that the reader's attention will soon learn to rest . Huntley , Dalyell , the Lady Katherine Gordon , and Jane Douglas are four such creations as we might almost ...
Page 231
... of Cork , who does not venture on one positive expression from first to last , is not only supported with un- deviating skill , but rendered really amusing . " TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM CAVENDISH , EARL OF NEWCASTLE ( 231 )
... of Cork , who does not venture on one positive expression from first to last , is not only supported with un- deviating skill , but rendered really amusing . " TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM CAVENDISH , EARL OF NEWCASTLE ( 231 )
Page 232
... EARL OF NEWCASTLE , VISCOUNT MANSFIELD , LORD BOLSOVER AND OGLE . MY LORD , OUT of the darkness of a former age ( enlightened by a late both learned and an honourable pen ) , 2 I have endeav- oured to personate a great attempt , and ...
... EARL OF NEWCASTLE , VISCOUNT MANSFIELD , LORD BOLSOVER AND OGLE . MY LORD , OUT of the darkness of a former age ( enlightened by a late both learned and an honourable pen ) , 2 I have endeav- oured to personate a great attempt , and ...
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