Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 67
... relates , with great luxuriance , the compensation which the pleasures of the theatre afford him . Plays were ... relate to canonical obedience . I know not any of the Articles which seem to thwart his opinions : but the thoughts ...
... relates , with great luxuriance , the compensation which the pleasures of the theatre afford him . Plays were ... relate to canonical obedience . I know not any of the Articles which seem to thwart his opinions : but the thoughts ...
Page 87
... relates Lucifer's rebellion and fall . Adam , fallen . Аст IV . Conscience cites them to God's examination . Chorus bewails , and tells the good Adam has lost . Аст V. Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise . presented by an angel with ...
... relates Lucifer's rebellion and fall . Adam , fallen . Аст IV . Conscience cites them to God's examination . Chorus bewails , and tells the good Adam has lost . Аст V. Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise . presented by an angel with ...
Page 137
... relates , was made known at Court by the taste and influence of the Earl of Dorset . When it was known , it was necessarily admired : the king quoted , the courtiers studied , and the whole party of the royalists applauded it . Every ...
... relates , was made known at Court by the taste and influence of the Earl of Dorset . When it was known , it was necessarily admired : the king quoted , the courtiers studied , and the whole party of the royalists applauded it . Every ...
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