A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne, Volume 2Macmillan and Company, 1875 - English drama |
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... moral , how • Strength to aspire is still accompanied With weakness to endure " . " The 1 Act iv , where Crequi gives d'Aumont an account of the Marshal's visit to the English Court . Here , though a long speech by Elisabeth is recited ...
... moral , how • Strength to aspire is still accompanied With weakness to endure " . " The 1 Act iv , where Crequi gives d'Aumont an account of the Marshal's visit to the English Court . Here , though a long speech by Elisabeth is recited ...
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... moral . This moral may be one which it was peculiarly wholesome to enforce in an age capable of visiting its worst vices with the plainest rebuke ; and it must be allowed that the lesson is brought home not only with the utmost ...
... moral . This moral may be one which it was peculiarly wholesome to enforce in an age capable of visiting its worst vices with the plainest rebuke ; and it must be allowed that the lesson is brought home not only with the utmost ...
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... moral is , that instead of following from first to last the dictates of ' Folly ' and ' Human , ' ever seeking for something new , man should endeavour to harmonise his life with the powers granted him by Heaven , and while reverencing ...
... moral is , that instead of following from first to last the dictates of ' Folly ' and ' Human , ' ever seeking for something new , man should endeavour to harmonise his life with the powers granted him by Heaven , and while reverencing ...
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... moral teaching as he is downright in his exempli- fication of vice ; but there is in him no affectation of being more than he is . His plays are among those most characteristic of the ways of thought and feeling belonging to his age ...
... moral teaching as he is downright in his exempli- fication of vice ; but there is in him no affectation of being more than he is . His plays are among those most characteristic of the ways of thought and feeling belonging to his age ...
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... moral sentiment1 . 75 The date of the ' Tragi - Coomodie , called The Witch , ' The Witch . unnoticed by the critics till the year 1778 , when it was printed from a unique MS . ( now in the Bodleian ) , is un- known , a peculiarly ...
... moral sentiment1 . 75 The date of the ' Tragi - Coomodie , called The Witch , ' The Witch . unnoticed by the critics till the year 1778 , when it was printed from a unique MS . ( now in the Bodleian ) , is un- known , a peculiarly ...
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