The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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... favourite Earl of Essex . We have mentioned an Outer Temple , which originally formed a companion to the Inner and ... favourite , who called it Leicester House , and bequeathed it to his ' son , Sir Robert ' ; and then by the ...
... favourite Earl of Essex . We have mentioned an Outer Temple , which originally formed a companion to the Inner and ... favourite , who called it Leicester House , and bequeathed it to his ' son , Sir Robert ' ; and then by the ...
Page 330
... favourite , was not as great in dramatic as he was in other writing ; his heroic plays , and Lee's ' Alexander ' , were admired , not so much for the beauties mixed with their absurdity , as for the im- probable air they gave to a ...
... favourite , was not as great in dramatic as he was in other writing ; his heroic plays , and Lee's ' Alexander ' , were admired , not so much for the beauties mixed with their absurdity , as for the im- probable air they gave to a ...
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Its Memorable Characters and Events Leigh Hunt Austin Dobson. 1 1 HIS FAVOURITES 489 in speech , and ' witty ' , as any man , though with a grave face ; and that he never forsook a favourite , not even Somerset , till the ' poisoning ...
Its Memorable Characters and Events Leigh Hunt Austin Dobson. 1 1 HIS FAVOURITES 489 in speech , and ' witty ' , as any man , though with a grave face ; and that he never forsook a favourite , not even Somerset , till the ' poisoning ...
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