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Page 103
... interest . Elizabeth , too , in the prophecy , is called ' an aged Princess . ' That could not , as is ob- served , please her , however old she might really be at the time . James I. , on the other hand , would not like any praise of ...
... interest . Elizabeth , too , in the prophecy , is called ' an aged Princess . ' That could not , as is ob- served , please her , however old she might really be at the time . James I. , on the other hand , would not like any praise of ...
Page 127
... interest of the story , it is , to me , an uninviting and unremembered play . I speak of the serious passages in verse , except the last scene of the killing . The scenes of the mob are excessively natu- ral , and spirited , and are ...
... interest of the story , it is , to me , an uninviting and unremembered play . I speak of the serious passages in verse , except the last scene of the killing . The scenes of the mob are excessively natu- ral , and spirited , and are ...
Page 136
... interest , and his honour ; or have charg'd him , At the sixth hour of morn , at noon , at midnight , T'encounter me with orisons , for then I am in Heaven for him ; or ere I could Give him that parting kiss , which I had set Betwixt ...
... interest , and his honour ; or have charg'd him , At the sixth hour of morn , at noon , at midnight , T'encounter me with orisons , for then I am in Heaven for him ; or ere I could Give him that parting kiss , which I had set Betwixt ...
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