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... figure of the era , wrote oc- casionally in this " heroic " vein , to suit the demands of his audiences . The exploits of his leading characters are as ex- travagant as the highly popular Superman comic strips today . Dr. Samuel Johnson ...
... figure of the era , wrote oc- casionally in this " heroic " vein , to suit the demands of his audiences . The exploits of his leading characters are as ex- travagant as the highly popular Superman comic strips today . Dr. Samuel Johnson ...
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... figure with increasing importance in the rest of our story . One of the leading figures of the Restoration . was " pretty , witty Nell " Gwyn , best loved actress and fa- vorite of the King . Nell's was a genuinely glamorous career ...
... figure with increasing importance in the rest of our story . One of the leading figures of the Restoration . was " pretty , witty Nell " Gwyn , best loved actress and fa- vorite of the King . Nell's was a genuinely glamorous career ...
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... figure whose brilliant career was shadowed and whose life was stalked by the crime of his talented but irrational brother , the actor John Wilkes Booth , assassin of Abraham Lincoln . Margaret Anglin and Minnie Maddern Fiske vied for ...
... figure whose brilliant career was shadowed and whose life was stalked by the crime of his talented but irrational brother , the actor John Wilkes Booth , assassin of Abraham Lincoln . Margaret Anglin and Minnie Maddern Fiske vied for ...
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