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... natural amphitheatres could offer . Necessity being the mother of invention the physical theatre of the Greeks was developed , step by step , precisely in keeping with the growing needs of the drama . First seats were placed in the ...
... natural amphitheatres could offer . Necessity being the mother of invention the physical theatre of the Greeks was developed , step by step , precisely in keeping with the growing needs of the drama . First seats were placed in the ...
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... natural instinct for culture and graceful living possessed by the Greeks . They were an intelligent and often progressive people . But their genius was for organization and government , for construction and conquest . There was a ...
... natural instinct for culture and graceful living possessed by the Greeks . They were an intelligent and often progressive people . But their genius was for organization and government , for construction and conquest . There was a ...
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... Nature's eye , rise , rise again and make Perpetual day ; or let this hour be but A year , a month , a week , a natural day , That Faustus may repent and save his soul . He continues his plea for mercy in a constant agony " A Race of ...
... Nature's eye , rise , rise again and make Perpetual day ; or let this hour be but A year , a month , a week , a natural day , That Faustus may repent and save his soul . He continues his plea for mercy in a constant agony " A Race of ...
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