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Page 58
... relates with great luxuriance the compensation which the pleasures of the theatre afford him . Plays were therefore ... relate to canonical obedience . I know not any of the Articles which seem to thwart his opinions : but the ...
... relates with great luxuriance the compensation which the pleasures of the theatre afford him . Plays were therefore ... relate to canonical obedience . I know not any of the Articles which seem to thwart his opinions : but the ...
Page 75
... relates Lucifer's rebellion and fall . Adam , } fallen . Eve , ACT IV Conscience cites them to God's examination . Chorus bewails , and tells the good Adam has lost . ACT V Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise . presented by an angel ...
... relates Lucifer's rebellion and fall . Adam , } fallen . Eve , ACT IV Conscience cites them to God's examination . Chorus bewails , and tells the good Adam has lost . ACT V Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise . presented by an angel ...
Page 346
... relates , a message by the Earl of Warwick to Mr. Gay , desiring to see him . Gay , who had not visited him for some time before , obeyed the summons , and found himself received with great kindness . The purpose for which the interview ...
... relates , a message by the Earl of Warwick to Mr. Gay , desiring to see him . Gay , who had not visited him for some time before , obeyed the summons , and found himself received with great kindness . The purpose for which the interview ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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