French Tragedy in the Reign of Louis XVI: And the Early Years of the French Revolution, 1774-1792 |
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Page 93
... king's quandary resembles that of Phocas in Héraclius ; the high priest who has kept the instructions bequeathed him by one in authority resembles the correspond- ing official in Voltaire's Sémiramis ; the substitution of a king's son ...
... king's quandary resembles that of Phocas in Héraclius ; the high priest who has kept the instructions bequeathed him by one in authority resembles the correspond- ing official in Voltaire's Sémiramis ; the substitution of a king's son ...
Page 105
... king , his mother , the duc de Guise , Coligny , and Henry of Navarre take part . There is some mental action , for the weak king is won over by the queen , then by Coligny , then by the queen again , much as the hero of Azémire had ...
... king , his mother , the duc de Guise , Coligny , and Henry of Navarre take part . There is some mental action , for the weak king is won over by the queen , then by Coligny , then by the queen again , much as the hero of Azémire had ...
Page 120
... king only in the second and third , Héroët only in the third . There is little suspense , little explana- tion . One ... king ( 1 , 2 ) , who may , however , be deceived by " de lâches flatteurs " ( II , 6 ) , and that all will be well ...
... king only in the second and third , Héroët only in the third . There is little suspense , little explana- tion . One ... king ( 1 , 2 ) , who may , however , be deceived by " de lâches flatteurs " ( II , 6 ) , and that all will be well ...
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Tragedy in the New Theater April 1782June 1789 | 85 |
MarieJoseph Chénier and J L Laya 17861792 | 105 |
CharlesPhilippe Ronsin and VincentAntoine Arnault | 119 |
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