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Page 439
This latter class , the " gallants , that sit upon the stage , " their stools , their tobacco , and their pages , are perhaps more fre- quently made the subject of allusion , for purposes of ridicule or otherwise , than any other ...
This latter class , the " gallants , that sit upon the stage , " their stools , their tobacco , and their pages , are perhaps more fre- quently made the subject of allusion , for purposes of ridicule or otherwise , than any other ...
Page 443
The curtains are drawn open again , and the epilogue enters " -says a stage direction of 1658. In the prologue to The Merry Devil of Edmonton ( circ.1608 ) , a play which , if we write Peter Fabel for Faustus , opens in much the same ...
The curtains are drawn open again , and the epilogue enters " -says a stage direction of 1658. In the prologue to The Merry Devil of Edmonton ( circ.1608 ) , a play which , if we write Peter Fabel for Faustus , opens in much the same ...
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Here ' scenes ' " Allow the coarseness of the plain old stage , " And think rich vests and scenes are only fit " Disguises for the want of art and wit . " is obviously used in the modern acceptation . And so also in the Prologue to The ...
Here ' scenes ' " Allow the coarseness of the plain old stage , " And think rich vests and scenes are only fit " Disguises for the want of art and wit . " is obviously used in the modern acceptation . And so also in the Prologue to The ...
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CALLANDER CRAGS By Rosa Mackenzie Kettle | 53 |
GREAT COMPANIES AND TRADING | 71 |
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