The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 1R. Cadell, 1834 - Demonology |
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... plot , determining , at the same time , so to conduct it , as to throw the suspicion of the destruction of the ... plot should take effect ; that is , to hack and hew , kill and destroy , all eminent persons of a different religion from ...
... plot , determining , at the same time , so to conduct it , as to throw the suspicion of the destruction of the ... plot should take effect ; that is , to hack and hew , kill and destroy , all eminent persons of a different religion from ...
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... plot is , as Johnson remarks , particularly happy , for the coincidence and coalition of the tragic and comic plots . The grounds for this eminent critic's encomium will be found to lie more deep than appears at first sight . It was ...
... plot is , as Johnson remarks , particularly happy , for the coincidence and coalition of the tragic and comic plots . The grounds for this eminent critic's encomium will be found to lie more deep than appears at first sight . It was ...
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... Plot , in which Dryden , even in " Absalom and Achitophel , ' evinces a partial belief . Not encouraged , if not actually discountenanced , at court ; sharing in some degree the discontent of his patron Mulgrave ; above all , obliged by ...
... Plot , in which Dryden , even in " Absalom and Achitophel , ' evinces a partial belief . Not encouraged , if not actually discountenanced , at court ; sharing in some degree the discontent of his patron Mulgrave ; above all , obliged by ...
Contents
THE LIFE OF JOHN DRYDEN | xi |
Revival of the Drama at the Restoration | 55 |
Heroic PlaysThe RehearsalMarriage | 101 |
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