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... Loyal Subject " Honours Martyr " Archas , the general in The Loyal Subject , is never for a moment made ridiculous . He is at all times the perfect embodiment of that all- inclusive virtue of honor which figures so largely in romance ...
... Loyal Subject " Honours Martyr " Archas , the general in The Loyal Subject , is never for a moment made ridiculous . He is at all times the perfect embodiment of that all- inclusive virtue of honor which figures so largely in romance ...
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... Loyal Subject is marked by an extravagance unusual even among the Beaumont and Fletcher plays . Its situations become progressively more bizarre ; its characters react in the least expected ways . One is re- minded of Bornecque's ...
... Loyal Subject is marked by an extravagance unusual even among the Beaumont and Fletcher plays . Its situations become progressively more bizarre ; its characters react in the least expected ways . One is re- minded of Bornecque's ...
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... Loyal Subject as plays which pandered to the king's taste . But the playhouse audience was not composed entirely of people who agreed with James 1 , and one must grant the justice of G. C. Macaulay's comment : " Surely if these authors ...
... Loyal Subject as plays which pandered to the king's taste . But the playhouse audience was not composed entirely of people who agreed with James 1 , and one must grant the justice of G. C. Macaulay's comment : " Surely if these authors ...
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