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... successful production at London's Haymarket theatre . Farquhar's acute and mocking critical spirit revealed the falsity of common social assump- tions ; since these do not much vary , his plays have a lasting pungency - as has been ...
... successful production at London's Haymarket theatre . Farquhar's acute and mocking critical spirit revealed the falsity of common social assump- tions ; since these do not much vary , his plays have a lasting pungency - as has been ...
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... successful act that included his seven children , and appeared with them in one motion picture . Foy retired in 1923 but returned to the stage in 1927 and died while on a farewell tour . Foy , Maximilien ( -Sébastien ) ( b . Feb. 3 ...
... successful act that included his seven children , and appeared with them in one motion picture . Foy retired in 1923 but returned to the stage in 1927 and died while on a farewell tour . Foy , Maximilien ( -Sébastien ) ( b . Feb. 3 ...
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... successful association with the Catholic sovereigns and Isabella's confi- dence in him set him on the road to fame . In 1495 the Queen gave him command of an expedition in support of the Aragonese king of Naples against the French in ...
... successful association with the Catholic sovereigns and Isabella's confi- dence in him set him on the road to fame . In 1495 the Queen gave him command of an expedition in support of the Aragonese king of Naples against the French in ...
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