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Page 258
... pleasing account of his latter life . When this was first brought upon the stage , news that the duke of Mon- mouth had landed was told in the theatre , upon which the company departed , and Arthur was exhibited no more . His last drama ...
... pleasing account of his latter life . When this was first brought upon the stage , news that the duke of Mon- mouth had landed was told in the theatre , upon which the company departed , and Arthur was exhibited no more . His last drama ...
Page 432
... pleasing , and the praise of an Marlborough , for which the scene gives an opportunity , p is , what perhaps every human excellence must be , the me product of good - luck improved by genius . The thoughts are sometimes great , and ...
... pleasing , and the praise of an Marlborough , for which the scene gives an opportunity , p is , what perhaps every human excellence must be , the me product of good - luck improved by genius . The thoughts are sometimes great , and ...
Page 448
... pleasing the Author of his being . Truth is shewn some- times as the phantom of a vision , sometimes appears half - veiled in an allegory ; sometimes attracts regard in the robes of fancy , and sometimes steps forth in the confi- dence ...
... pleasing the Author of his being . Truth is shewn some- times as the phantom of a vision , sometimes appears half - veiled in an allegory ; sometimes attracts regard in the robes of fancy , and sometimes steps forth in the confi- dence ...
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