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Page 254
... scene in Twelfth Night , one of the characters asks " what country , friends , is this ? " and is told " this is Illyria ... scenes ; that is , months may pass between Act I and II of Three Sisters by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov ...
... scene in Twelfth Night , one of the characters asks " what country , friends , is this ? " and is told " this is Illyria ... scenes ; that is , months may pass between Act I and II of Three Sisters by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov ...
Page 264
... scenes , the whole cycle of the farmer's year , from plowing to harvest , is depicted - sculptors , metalworkers , weavers , and brickmakers ply their trades ; and butchers , brewers , and cooks prepare food for the dead man's table ...
... scenes , the whole cycle of the farmer's year , from plowing to harvest , is depicted - sculptors , metalworkers , weavers , and brickmakers ply their trades ; and butchers , brewers , and cooks prepare food for the dead man's table ...
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... scenes - anything involving the Devil or Doomsday — became more and more melodramatic . With the Renaissance came ... scene , and " the high astound- ing terms , " which will be his rhetoric . But he brought such imaginative vigour and ...
... scenes - anything involving the Devil or Doomsday — became more and more melodramatic . With the Renaissance came ... scene , and " the high astound- ing terms , " which will be his rhetoric . But he brought such imaginative vigour and ...
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