The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Harper, 1851 - 598 pages |
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... DRAMATIC POETRY . SIR GEORGE ETHEREGE .. Scene from the Comical Revenge . THOMAS SHADWELL .. ... 71 72 73 73 WILLIAM WYCHERLEY .. 74 MRS . APHRA BEHN ... 74 From the Moor's Revenge .. 75 JOHN CROWNE .. 75 Scene from the Tragedy of ...
... DRAMATIC POETRY . SIR GEORGE ETHEREGE .. Scene from the Comical Revenge . THOMAS SHADWELL .. ... 71 72 73 73 WILLIAM WYCHERLEY .. 74 MRS . APHRA BEHN ... 74 From the Moor's Revenge .. 75 JOHN CROWNE .. 75 Scene from the Tragedy of ...
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... dramatic interest , yet in consequence of the peculiar state of party feelings at the time , its popularity was un ... drama is proportionately retarded . ' Cato , ' abounds in generous and patriotic sentiments , is sonorous in diction ...
... dramatic interest , yet in consequence of the peculiar state of party feelings at the time , its popularity was un ... drama is proportionately retarded . ' Cato , ' abounds in generous and patriotic sentiments , is sonorous in diction ...
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... dramas , The Distressed Mother , The Briton , and Humphrey Duke of Gloucester ; But as their merit is not above mediocrity , they require no farther notice . JOHN PHILIPS was the son of Dr. Stephen Philips , and was born at Bamp- ton ...
... dramas , The Distressed Mother , The Briton , and Humphrey Duke of Gloucester ; But as their merit is not above mediocrity , they require no farther notice . JOHN PHILIPS was the son of Dr. Stephen Philips , and was born at Bamp- ton ...
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... dramatic way ; but a little reflection convinced him that these productions were not worth preserving , and he therefore destroyed them . In 1704 , when only sixteen years of age , he wrote his Pastorals and his Imitations of Chaucer ...
... dramatic way ; but a little reflection convinced him that these productions were not worth preserving , and he therefore destroyed them . In 1704 , when only sixteen years of age , he wrote his Pastorals and his Imitations of Chaucer ...
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... dramatic attempt of a similar na- ture , entitled Three Hours After Marriage . Some personal satire and in- decent ... drama called The Captives , the success of which was very moderate ; and in two years after he produced a volume of ...
... dramatic attempt of a similar na- ture , entitled Three Hours After Marriage . Some personal satire and in- decent ... drama called The Captives , the success of which was very moderate ; and in two years after he produced a volume of ...
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