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... called A Song , 1 two verses of which are : Nor sorrow , nor care can crosse our
delights Nor witches , nor goblins , nor Buttery sprights , which Dr . Faust
considers a reference to Suckling ' s Goblins , or possibly to Randolph ' s
Amyntas .
... called A Song , 1 two verses of which are : Nor sorrow , nor care can crosse our
delights Nor witches , nor goblins , nor Buttery sprights , which Dr . Faust
considers a reference to Suckling ' s Goblins , or possibly to Randolph ' s
Amyntas .
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The four 8 references on which I base this may be considered merely as
examples of a literary convention 1 Jovial Crew , Dedication . 2 Five Plays , 1653
, Preface . 3 Dict . Nat . Biog . A Court Begger . 5 E . g . , Northern Lass . 6
Especially the ...
The four 8 references on which I base this may be considered merely as
examples of a literary convention 1 Jovial Crew , Dedication . 2 Five Plays , 1653
, Preface . 3 Dict . Nat . Biog . A Court Begger . 5 E . g . , Northern Lass . 6
Especially the ...
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But the public interest in a few of the plays did not create much interest in the
author , for I find but few personal references to Brome after his death . One
allusion occurs in Choyce Drollery ( 1656 ) , in a satirical piece called On the
Time Poets ...
But the public interest in a few of the plays did not create much interest in the
author , for I find but few personal references to Brome after his death . One
allusion occurs in Choyce Drollery ( 1656 ) , in a satirical piece called On the
Time Poets ...
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References like these last two are scarcely worth noticing , but they show , at
least , with what names Brome ' s was associated . The omission of other
contemporaries is significant . Another reference of the same sort is the inclusion
of Brome ...
References like these last two are scarcely worth noticing , but they show , at
least , with what names Brome ' s was associated . The omission of other
contemporaries is significant . Another reference of the same sort is the inclusion
of Brome ...
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The references in the prologue to the deaths of Jonson and Dekker point to 1637
as the date . This is confirmed by the ... Moreover , the reference to the long
closing of the theatres on account of the plague ( 2 . 2 , p . 260 ) , puts the date as
late ...
The references in the prologue to the deaths of Jonson and Dekker point to 1637
as the date . This is confirmed by the ... Moreover , the reference to the long
closing of the theatres on account of the plague ( 2 . 2 , p . 260 ) , puts the date as
late ...
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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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