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Page 42
... carried only to the point immediately before the end , as a rule , and the final out- come was explained by the Epilogue who then asked the audience for applause in a manner which has perhaps been carried to its height before modern ...
... carried only to the point immediately before the end , as a rule , and the final out- come was explained by the Epilogue who then asked the audience for applause in a manner which has perhaps been carried to its height before modern ...
Page 104
... carry bladders ; they are so absorbed in their own thoughts that if one should wish to com- municate with another he ... carrying the tradition and influence of the commedia all over Europe . They played in Paris , Poland , Spain , and ...
... carry bladders ; they are so absorbed in their own thoughts that if one should wish to com- municate with another he ... carrying the tradition and influence of the commedia all over Europe . They played in Paris , Poland , Spain , and ...
Page 186
... carried off many a character in his prime . In the monarchist Germany of Lessing's time there occurred a wave of anti - Jewish feeling similar , though less frightful in its consequences , to the anti - Semitism of Nazi Germany 186 THE ...
... carried off many a character in his prime . In the monarchist Germany of Lessing's time there occurred a wave of anti - Jewish feeling similar , though less frightful in its consequences , to the anti - Semitism of Nazi Germany 186 THE ...
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The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
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