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... English politics . Elizabeth was watchfully suspicious of conspirators . Heresy in religious doctrine was a charge conveniently used to cloak a variety of suspicions and many persons were imprisoned or beheaded for it . A warrant for ...
... English politics . Elizabeth was watchfully suspicious of conspirators . Heresy in religious doctrine was a charge conveniently used to cloak a variety of suspicions and many persons were imprisoned or beheaded for it . A warrant for ...
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... English awaited the approach of the most formidable naval force which , at that time , had ever been launched . The tide of history ran against the king of Spain . The fateful elements , followed up by English sea strength , doomed the ...
... English awaited the approach of the most formidable naval force which , at that time , had ever been launched . The tide of history ran against the king of Spain . The fateful elements , followed up by English sea strength , doomed the ...
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... English for the series of romantic novels beginning with The Three Musketeers . His plays , which included Henry III , Charles VII , and Antony , followed close behind the first romantic dramas of Victor Hugo and helped to break the ...
... English for the series of romantic novels beginning with The Three Musketeers . His plays , which included Henry III , Charles VII , and Antony , followed close behind the first romantic dramas of Victor Hugo and helped to break the ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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