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... looks a coarse and vulgar thing , lived at the level of nature's primitive needs , but it never looks a foul and rotten thing . Degeneracy plays no part . It is the way of a virile world , of robust men who can roar with laughter at any ...
... looks a coarse and vulgar thing , lived at the level of nature's primitive needs , but it never looks a foul and rotten thing . Degeneracy plays no part . It is the way of a virile world , of robust men who can roar with laughter at any ...
Page 53
... look back . When you have had enough of any of its various pleasures you will get up and leave . The performance ... looks like a scene of the Mardi Gras or a Chinese New Year's Day parade . Costumes and make - up are not at all ...
... look back . When you have had enough of any of its various pleasures you will get up and leave . The performance ... looks like a scene of the Mardi Gras or a Chinese New Year's Day parade . Costumes and make - up are not at all ...
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... look after her for him . Horace is delighted . He proceeds to steal Agnes away from one of Arnolphe's houses and take her straight to another , giving her over unwittingly to the keeping of the very man from whom he has stolen her . The ...
... look after her for him . Horace is delighted . He proceeds to steal Agnes away from one of Arnolphe's houses and take her straight to another , giving her over unwittingly to the keeping of the very man from whom he has stolen her . The ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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