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... appearance is as a dragon so horrible that Faustus cannot endure to behold him . By his magic spell he com- mands Mephistophilis to go and return in the appearance of a Franciscan friar . After much deliberation and discussion with the ...
... appearance is as a dragon so horrible that Faustus cannot endure to behold him . By his magic spell he com- mands Mephistophilis to go and return in the appearance of a Franciscan friar . After much deliberation and discussion with the ...
Page 119
... appeared and confided to the audience : O this is admirable ! Here I ha ' stolen one of Doctor Faustus ' conjuring books , and , i ' faith , I mean to search some circles for my own use . • As he went about this " roaring piece of work ...
... appeared and confided to the audience : O this is admirable ! Here I ha ' stolen one of Doctor Faustus ' conjuring books , and , i ' faith , I mean to search some circles for my own use . • As he went about this " roaring piece of work ...
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Edmund Fuller. After the appearance of nonreligious elements in the miracles , clearly observable in The Second Shepherd's Play , the develop- ment was swift . Two wholly secular comedies appeared . The first was Nicholas Udall's Ralph ...
Edmund Fuller. After the appearance of nonreligious elements in the miracles , clearly observable in The Second Shepherd's Play , the develop- ment was swift . Two wholly secular comedies appeared . The first was Nicholas Udall's Ralph ...
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