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Pàgina xi
... play , 133 - In 1667 Annus Mirabilis , 133 - In 1668 succeeds Sir William Davenant as Poet Laureate , 134 - In 1676 produces Aurungzebe , 143 - His Last Play ( 1694 ) , Love Triumphant , 144 - His prologues , 145 - Satirized in The ...
... play , 133 - In 1667 Annus Mirabilis , 133 - In 1668 succeeds Sir William Davenant as Poet Laureate , 134 - In 1676 produces Aurungzebe , 143 - His Last Play ( 1694 ) , Love Triumphant , 144 - His prologues , 145 - Satirized in The ...
Pàgina xv
... Play of Sir Thomas Overbury , 310 - The Fatal Brawl at Charing Cross , 313- " His Judge was Page , " 313 - Is par- doned , 315 - Publication of The Dunciad , 319 - Publishes The Wan- derer , 320 - Taken up , and cast off by Lord ...
... Play of Sir Thomas Overbury , 310 - The Fatal Brawl at Charing Cross , 313- " His Judge was Page , " 313 - Is par- doned , 315 - Publication of The Dunciad , 319 - Publishes The Wan- derer , 320 - Taken up , and cast off by Lord ...
Pàgina 6
... play itself is without the article , " Cutter of Coleman - street , " and that because a merry sharking fellow about the town , named Cutter , is a principal character in it . when the end is to please the multitude , no 6 COWLEY .
... play itself is without the article , " Cutter of Coleman - street , " and that because a merry sharking fellow about the town , named Cutter , is a principal character in it . when the end is to please the multitude , no 6 COWLEY .
Pàgina 7
... play it is difficult now to find the reason : it cer- tainly has , in a very great degree , the power of fixing attention and exciting merriment . From the charge of disaffection he exculpates himself in his preface , by observing how ...
... play it is difficult now to find the reason : it cer- tainly has , in a very great degree , the power of fixing attention and exciting merriment . From the charge of disaffection he exculpates himself in his preface , by observing how ...
Pàgina 66
... play , and delights himself at night with the fanciful narratives of superstitious ignorance . The pensive man , at one time , walks unseen to muse at midnight ; and at another hears the sullen curfew . If the weather drives him home ...
... play , and delights himself at night with the fanciful narratives of superstitious ignorance . The pensive man , at one time , walks unseen to muse at midnight ; and at another hears the sullen curfew . If the weather drives him home ...
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