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His plots were his own , and he forged all his various Characters from the mint of
his own experience , and judgment . ' T is not therefore to be expected , that I
should be able to trace him , who was so excellent an imitator of his master , that
he ...
His plots were his own , and he forged all his various Characters from the mint of
his own experience , and judgment . ' T is not therefore to be expected , that I
should be able to trace him , who was so excellent an imitator of his master , that
he ...
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The English Moor or the Mock Marriage has such a prominent underplot of
manners that it may be classed here , though the main plot is romantic comedy .
The two other romantic comedies are the Novella and the Jovial Crew or the
Merry ...
The English Moor or the Mock Marriage has such a prominent underplot of
manners that it may be classed here , though the main plot is romantic comedy .
The two other romantic comedies are the Novella and the Jovial Crew or the
Merry ...
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The main plot , the story of a woman of wealth practising witchcraft , finally
discovered and condemned , is taken from a celebrated witch - trial in Lancashire
in 1612 . As ten witches were condemned and executed as the result of the trial ...
The main plot , the story of a woman of wealth practising witchcraft , finally
discovered and condemned , is taken from a celebrated witch - trial in Lancashire
in 1612 . As ten witches were condemned and executed as the result of the trial ...
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178 and 182 ) in the main plot , it seems to me it must be assigned to Heywood .
The greater part of the rest of the play is taken up with the strange events at the
marriage of Lawrence and Parnell , the servants of the Seely family . The witches
...
178 and 182 ) in the main plot , it seems to me it must be assigned to Heywood .
The greater part of the rest of the play is taken up with the strange events at the
marriage of Lawrence and Parnell , the servants of the Seely family . The witches
...
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Therefore , this external evidence also points to 1613 as the date of composition
of the Lawrence - Parnell plot . Fleay seems to imply that the part of Lawrence
and Parnell was added by Brome , because he says that the dialect which they ...
Therefore , this external evidence also points to 1613 as the date of composition
of the Lawrence - Parnell plot . Fleay seems to imply that the part of Lawrence
and Parnell was added by Brome , because he says that the dialect which they ...
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| Title | Yale Studies in English, Volumes 46-47 Yale Studies in English |
| Published | 1913 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 27 Sep 2007 |
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