Life in English Literature: An Introduction for Beginners, Volumes 1-3Methuen, 1949 - 535 pages |
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Page 93
... play upon which it was based . 3 Of Marlowe's other plays we need consider only one . The Jew of Malta he finished in a hurry . Dido , Queen of Carthage , based on the early book of Virgil's Æneid , was a difficult subject for the stage ...
... play upon which it was based . 3 Of Marlowe's other plays we need consider only one . The Jew of Malta he finished in a hurry . Dido , Queen of Carthage , based on the early book of Virgil's Æneid , was a difficult subject for the stage ...
Page 335
... play . And if it was really a ghost , it could do one no harm at such a distance , and in so much company ; and yet if I was frightened , I am not the only person . ' 66 “ ' Why , who , ' cried Jones , ' dost thou take to be such a ...
... play . And if it was really a ghost , it could do one no harm at such a distance , and in so much company ; and yet if I was frightened , I am not the only person . ' 66 “ ' Why , who , ' cried Jones , ' dost thou take to be such a ...
Page 401
... play at cards , but only play at playing at them . " Sarah Battle was none of that breed . She detested them , as I do , from her heart and soul ; and would not , save upon a striking emergency , willingly seat herself at the same table ...
... play at cards , but only play at playing at them . " Sarah Battle was none of that breed . She detested them , as I do , from her heart and soul ; and would not , save upon a striking emergency , willingly seat herself at the same table ...
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