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... career , he sailed with the famous Span- ish Armada , narrowly escaping , as we've already seen . Then , for a longer time , he concentrated on his career of letters . He added an ironic touch to his violent and colorful life by ...
... career , he sailed with the famous Span- ish Armada , narrowly escaping , as we've already seen . Then , for a longer time , he concentrated on his career of letters . He added an ironic touch to his violent and colorful life by ...
Page 197
... career in the fa- miliar vein of the Restoration , then bowed for some time to the reform agitations and wrote several " compromise " plays which did not offend the reformers . He wound up his career with two fine plays , The Recruiting ...
... career in the fa- miliar vein of the Restoration , then bowed for some time to the reform agitations and wrote several " compromise " plays which did not offend the reformers . He wound up his career with two fine plays , The Recruiting ...
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... career as actor - manager . In 1737 , for political reasons , the statesman Robert Wal- pole imposed a licensing law for theatres which , in effect , closed all except two licensed houses , the famous Drury Lane , and Covent Garden ...
... career as actor - manager . In 1737 , for political reasons , the statesman Robert Wal- pole imposed a licensing law for theatres which , in effect , closed all except two licensed houses , the famous Drury Lane , and Covent Garden ...
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